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A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE SEATS OF THE PRESENT WARS OF EUROPE
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A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE SEATS OF THE PRESENT WARS OF EUROPE

by MILITARY

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1704. [MILITARY] A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE SEATS OF THE PRESENT WARS OF EUROPE, IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL... London: printed for John Nicholson.. and Sam. Ballard, 1704. [2] + 244 pp. + [15] pp. Index. A2, B8-R8, S2. 12mo., panelled calf, rebacked and repaired at corners and top inner front board. Ex-library with spine and interior markings. Owner's ink signature on title page, and ink notes on versos of maps. Seven maps, complete and in very good condition. Title page continued: "Being a particular Survey of all these Countries; setting forth the Situation and Distances of their Provinces, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. With Historical Remarks upon the Places of Note, especially such as are of Importance to the Contending Parties. WITH AN Exact Delineation of the March of the Germans, from Lower Lombardy to Piedmont; of the several Marches of the French to join the D. of Bavaria; and the late March of our Forces under the D. of Marlborough, from the Netherlands to… Read More
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Geist Des Neuern Kriegssystems Hergeleitet Aus Dem Grundsatze Einer Basis Der Operationen, Auch...
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Geist Des Neuern Kriegssystems Hergeleitet Aus Dem Grundsatze Einer Basis Der Operationen, Auch Für Laien in Der Kriegskunst Fasslich Vorgetragen Von Einem Ehemaligen Preussischen Officier

by Heinrich Dietrich von Bülow

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First thus : Hamburg: Hofmann, 1805, 1805. Second edition expanded and improved. Very good.
365 pages, 58 line drawings in the text. Moderately browned. Very good condition.
Book is more than 200 years old and text block in outstanding condition. Previous owner's signature on title page is that of Louis Tronchin, colonel in the Swiss Federal Army.
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Artillerie Hellénique 1912-1913
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Artillerie Hellénique 1912-1913

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17 photographies et 6 esquisses d'un peintre nommé Kleanthis. Matériel de 75 M/M de campagne et de montagne à tir rapide - Système "Schneider" et "Schneider - Danglis". 44,5x30,5 cm.
--- Text in french. Three-quarter leather binding. 17 b&w photos + 6 sketches by Kleanthis (dogfight, possibly the greek cruiser Averof, etc.)
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In this Faraway Land
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In this Faraway Land: A Personal Journal of Infantry Combat in World war II

by Orval Eugene Faubus

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In order to properly list this book , I had to slit the top edge of the shrink-wrap it was sealed in from the publisher to ascertain the edition / printing & publisher . So , this book and it's dust jacket is in NEW , FINE , Mint Condition ! No damage of any kind ! FREE USPS Priority Mail Shipping UPGRADE to all U S Shipping Addresses served by the USPS .This book is the 1993 Revised Second Printing by the Pioneer Press . ( The First Edition was printed in 1971 by River Road Press )
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WALRAVEN VAN HALL 10 Februari 1906  -  12 Februari 1945
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WALRAVEN VAN HALL 10 Februari 1906 - 12 Februari 1945

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[1945], 98pp. original binding. Memories of colleague resistance fighters privately published in 1945 It is very rare. The authors of these personal memories, however, remain anonymous. Erik Schaap published a book about Walraven van Hall and mentions this early book on Walraven van Hall.Walraven (Wally) van Hall (10 February 1906 - 12 February 1945) was a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. He founded the bank of the Resistance, which was used to distribute funds to victims of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and fund the Dutch resistance.A film was made about his wartime activities.The present volume belonged to a member of his family (on his mother's side).This volume is available at a negotiable and substantially reduced price to Dutch museums, libraries and other institutions involved in the maintenance of an historical record of Dutch WWII resistance and the fate of the Jewish community. Contact seller.
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THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE and ACTIONS of that Great Captain of his Age the Viscount de TURENNE.
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THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE and ACTIONS of that Great Captain of his Age the Viscount de TURENNE.

by du Buisson, M., Captain & Major of the Regiment de Verdelin; (Ferrand Spence, Trans.)

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London: Dorman Newman & R. Bentley, 1686. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Printed by J.B. for Dorman Newman & R. Bentley, at the Kings-Arms in the Poultrey, and at the Post-House in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden." First English-language edition (scarce). 422pp, full brown leather, now somewhat darkened; title in gilt on darker brown panel, with outlines in gilt; 4 raised bands. Marbled endpapers, page block marbled 3 edges; small bookplate (Sir John William Lubbock) on the fep. Light wear to the extremities of the covers, otherwise a tight, clean copy..
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A HISTORY OF MY OWN TIMES. PART I & PART II
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A HISTORY OF MY OWN TIMES. PART I & PART II

by Frederick II of Prussia, King (Thomas Holcroft, Trans.)

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London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft ; the first English-language edition thus. viii, xxvii, Part I 241 pp, Part II 301 pp. Bound in full leather, original boards with new spine, all in dark brown; title and author on spine in gilt on red leather panel. Board tips restored, original end papers. A very nice copy. (Due to size/weight of this 2-volume set, an additional shipping charge will apply.).
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AN Impartial Enquiry INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE War in SPAIN, BY THE MINISTRY at HOME...
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AN Impartial Enquiry INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE War in SPAIN, BY THE MINISTRY at HOME...

by Anonymous

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London: Printed, and Sold by John Morphew, 1712. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ttile continues "...AND Into the Conduct of those GENERALS, to whose CARE the fame has been Committed ABROAD. Collected from many Original Letters and Councils of War, never Published before. Together with An Account of the several Embarkations, both of British and Foreign Troops, that have been Sent to SPAIN or PORTUGAL for the Support of the Present War. AND A Distribution of the Annual Sums granted by Parliament, and applied to those Services." pp. 4 p.l., 265, 139. Errata slip mounted on verso of title page. Bound in contemporary paneled calf (rubbed, joints cracked, lower blank corners of two leaves torn away), but overall a clean, tight copy..
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ROAR OF THE TIGER.
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ROAR OF THE TIGER.

by HOWARD. JAMES H

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Orion Books. New York. 1991. FIRST EDITION, with bookplate signed by the author. 8vo. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). x, 310pp, including an index. A printed red and blue bookplate stuck onto the front free endpaper states that this is a special autographed copy and it has been signed by Howard in ink at the bottom. Illustrated with 26 mono photos. Original plum coloured cloth spine, lettered in bold red. Beige paper on the boards. In the original illustrated dustwrapper which has some fading to the spine but overall is very good. A slight lean to the book but generally a very good copy of this fascinating account. One of an unspecified number distributed in the UK and with the UK publisher's label mounted over the New York publisher's name on the title page. ----- James Howell Howard was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and was the only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor â the United States military's highest decoration, as well… Read More
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Journal of a Soldier of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry from 1806 to 1815
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Journal of a Soldier of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry from 1806 to 1815: Rare memoir of an Edinburgh soldier who saw action in South America and the Peninsula under Wellington

by James Todd

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Title, advertisement leaf, Contents. 232 pages. Original paper covered boards, new endpapers, cream paper spine. A nice, sympathetically restored copy re-using the original boards.. Mild grubbiness, else VG.Gift inscription dated 1821 to front flyleaf. On the title page the name Capt Pococke has been added then scored through in pencil. Above the words 'sedond edition' the name Thomas Howell has been added. Though neither is correct.The Journal is usually attributed to Captain Thomas Pococke or Thomas Howell. Recent research, however has shown that Howell was the editor and not the author. G. Jones in the Bulletin of the Military Historical Society for May 1992 wrote that the Royal Highland Fusiliers owns a copy of the third edition inscribed by Howell, who writes 'the real name of the hero is not Thomas, the Christian name used in the Journal - James Todd is the individual I got the greater part of the journal from.'Most of the memoir concerns the Peninsular Campaign under Wellington ending at… Read More
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The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, &c.  Illustrated by Engravings of it's...
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The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, &c. Illustrated by Engravings of it's most Striking and Memorable Incidents

by Churchill, T. O.

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London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1808. Leather Bound. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. viii, 100 pages. The binding of the book measures 14 inches tall by 11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in early half red morocco with grey paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and bumped but sound. Some damping on the exterior of the front cover with part of the leather pushed back near the spine. Corners bumped and abraded. There is a dig in the leather on the spine near the headcap. Hinges rubbed but holding. A bookplate on the front pastedown is of "George E. R. Dalton" (George Edward Robert Dalton, Master Mariner) and is hand-dated 1906. The bookplate has a crest with a left-facing standing lion topped by a helmet and crown with the top of another left-facing lion above that. Crest motto reads, "Noli Irretare Leonem" (meaning "Don't Disturb the Lion"). This volume lacks the frontis portrait, but it does have the facsimile letter, 10… Read More
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My Experiences in the World War, Autographed Edition
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My Experiences in the World War, Autographed Edition: With Sixty-Nine Reproductions From Photographs & Numerous Maps. In 2 volumes.

by John J. Pershing

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John J. Pershing: My Experiences in the World War: With Sixty-Nine Reproductions From Photographs and Numerous Maps. In 2 volumes.Author's Autographed Edition 730/2100, signed by John Pershing.Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1931, New York.References: A. G. S. Enser 210. Edward G. Lengel 1256.Vol.1 is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Pershing, 15 b/w photographic plates, a folding map, and 9 in-text maps. Vol.2 is illustrated with a frontispiece sketch of Pershing, 15 b/w photographic plates, 4 folding maps, and 22 in-text maps. John J. Pershing (1860-1948) was Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in W.W.I and this book offers his firsthand experience of the German spring offensive of 1918. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History. Pershing is remembered as a brilliant commander and strategist of the First World War. He would serve the U.S. Government after the war as a military advisor, and his work helped to create the U.S. Army of the twentieth century.
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Histoire de Richard Coeur-de-Lion, roi d'Angleterre
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Histoire de Richard Coeur-de-Lion, roi d'Angleterre

by POUJOULAT, Baptistin

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1856 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Life of Richard I the Lionheart England Third Crusade

A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding!

The 12th-century King of England, Richard I, is one of the most iconic and famous English royal. Also known as Richard the Lionheart, Richard I was a prominent force in the Third Crusade and led an important war against Philip of France. Baptistin Poujoulat's biographical sketch of Richard I includes exquisite full-page engravings depicting scenes of the king's life.

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POUJOULAT, Baptistin

Histoire de Richard Coeur-de-Lion, roi d'Angleterre

Tours : Mame, 1856.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 307, [1]
o 6 engraved plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 12cm)

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Badges and Uniforms of The World's Elite Forces Vol. 1
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Badges and Uniforms of The World's Elite Forces Vol. 1

by Baudouin Ourari & Mike Chappell

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CONDITION: This is a very well preserved reference book that appears as new. The only blemish noted upon close inspection are some light signs of age on the top and bottom edges of the dust cover.
About this book: A rare and indepth reference book published in Belgium that covers the badges and uniforms of the world's elite forces. Contained in this book are an enourmous amount of excellent plates and photos of United States units from 1935 to 1985.
This first book of 5 is entirely devoted to the Armed Forces of the USA. This is a beautifully laid out book.
It includes: Airborne units, Special forces, Rangers and LRRP, and special units of the USN, the USMC and the USAF (date of issue: September 1984)
A handy separate reference guide is included. Please see photos.
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The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War
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The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War

by Captain H FitzM Stacke MC

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A Huge history of the Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War.
no 412 of a limited edition I believe
Hundreds of detailed maps.
Hundreds of Photographs and drawings
Massive index.
Happy to provide further data.
Corners bumpbed and rubbed.
Otherwise very tight, firm clean and sound copy.
Weighs over 4 kilos.massive roll of honour commemorating the 9000 dead. Huge list of DSO,OBE, MC, DCM MM MSM, foreign decorations, mentioned in despatches.
The regimental merches
badge colours and distinctions of the regiment
Covers every battle, campaign and theatre. including Mons and the Aisne, Flanders, Gallipoli, Macedonia, Somme, Baghdad, the great German offensive, Persia and the Caspianitaly, Balkans, France and Flanders.
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