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19742090202120416121Pedestrian Artillery Company 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Pedestrian Artillery Company paperback
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, upper board with regimental badge blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first major assault on mainland Europe recounted by participants. SCARCE.
8vo., Second Edition, with 16 coloured and 80 plates in monochrome; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition of 1950. Enser, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.140 (both recording the first edition)
254p. Top edge gold. Mildly XLib. Tipped in card of Mrs. William F. Vilas. Tipped in newspaper portrait of Vilas. Sm. 4to. Original full brown cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Spine slightly marred. Hardbound. William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908). Born in Vermont, he moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin. In 1860 he commenced practice of law in Madison. He enlisted early in the Civil War, and served as Captain of Company A, Twenty-third Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and afterward major and lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He was later Postmaster General of the U.S. in the Cabinet of President Grover Cleveland (1885-1888) and then became Secretary of the Interior (1888-1889). Elected from Wisconsin, as a Democrat, to the U.S. Senate (1891-1897). Back home, he was regent of the University of Wisconsin (1898-1905) and was a member of the commission to provide for the construction of the State capitol in 1907. AMERICANA BOX 2
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in English and Dutch, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes many lesser-known photographs.
0265836360.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with 33 plates on 16; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long overdue biography of one of the most distinguished British soldiers of WWII. He was involved in the formation of LRDG, SAS and Popski's Army before commanding 4th Parachute Brigade at Arnhem. His was a memorable career in which he combined action with military history. A fitting tribute to a great soldier.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in monochrome and coloured maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Sutcliffe, p.359.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in monochrome and coloured maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Sutcliffe,p.359.
1854266London: Richard Bentley 1854. First. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards were rebacked at some point but retained gilt stamped illustrated spine. Cloth is sunned to brown though and there is some dampstaining along the top edges. Front board illustrated with gilt stamped image of an ibex. Interior is clean save for previous owner's name on the the title page and a book plate on the inside front board. all 8 lithographs and folding map present and well preserved. All woodcut illustrations are intact as well. Richard Bentley hardcover
88028Very Good. Two vertical creases where folded. Oblong 22cm. Thompson then serving as a white officer in an African American regiment spent most of his Army career in the American Southwest and also served with U.S Forces in the Philippines. He retired as a Brigadier General in 1905. unknown
40454Edinburgh: n.p. 1793. Folio 340 x 215 mm 4pp. dated on p. 1: Edinburgh 2d March 1793 3 folded as issued uncut a fine copy. With reference to the "Grant Fencible Regiment" that is the Strathspey Regiment of Fencible Men instituted on 1 March 1793 and commanded by Sir James Grant The form of commission for a Captain in the Regiment with instructions on raising a Company which include "the Regiment should be completed within three months from this date. You as Captain are at liberty to appoint the non-commissioned Officers of your own Company. No man is to be inlisted above 45 years of age or under five feet four inches; but well made growing Lads between 16 and 18 years of age may be taken at five feet three inches. The Pay of the Officers to commence from the dates of their Commissions. each Serjeant Corporal Drummer and Private have an allowance of Three halfpence per day of Bread-money;. each Recruit must have the following articles viz Two Shirts; Two pair of Shoes Two pair fine Hose; A Bonnet and Feathers; A black Stock; A Haversack; all of which to be purchased out of his Bounty;. The Regiment is to serve in any part of Scotland but not to march out of it except in case of Invasion of the more Southern parts of the Kingdom." The British Library and National Library of Scotland copies only in the ESTC. [Edinburgh: n.p., 1793.] unknown
20719No place Dublin. 12 November 1846. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Two days before the writing of this letter the London Gazette had announced 10 November 1846 that Napier then Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland had been promoted to Lieutenant General. The letter in which he writes to his Commander in Chief in Ireland is headed 'Private'. It begins: 'My Dear Sir Edward As I grieve to think that our Official intercourse is of necessity about to terminate I hope you will allow me to take this mode of returning you my warmest thanks for all the kindness I have experienced from you since I came to the Royal Hospital'. Both men had been severely injured during the Peninsular War – Blakeney in 1811 and 1812 and Napier in 1813 – and presumably had met at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. He can 'with truth and sincerity say that the period I have served with you here has been by far the happiest during the whole of my Military Career'. He states: 'I quit my present position on Promotion' but feels certain that Blakeney approves of the manner in which he has conducted the duties of his department. He has 'no right to expect' that he will 'be employed at once upon the Staff' but adds: 'I trust my time may come & when it does I sincerely hope it may be under your Command & the more immediate the better I should like it'. No place (Dublin?). 12 November 1846. unknown
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and plates in monochrome; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. A lifetime's service, including both world wars, in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 331 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Author presents WWII stories of Hong Kong, Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe related by her father, two uncles, and cousins. "The resulting manuscript tells a story which began on the plains of the Canadian West and went out to the battlefields of WWII." - from dust jacket. Spine leaning. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
200234444Paris Le Livre Chez Vous 2002 In-8 Réédition de deux textes parus en 1846 et 1850 augmenté et présenté par C. Bourachot
12186Photographie encadrée 170 x 105 - 11 Personnages en costume de zouave avec leurs instruments de musique ention Jouve à Tlemcen
185721772Paris & Bordeaux Didier et Chaumas 1857 2 volumes In-8 1 portrait, deux fac-simile , 1 tableau dépliant et 12 cartes sur 14. Exemplaire entièrement déerelié avec traces légères d'humidité, les coins sont émoussés, les dos sont modestes mais présent intégralement sans mors fendu , un manque de texte à un fac-simile, origine du portrait incertaine, texte collationné complet, il manque la carte n°2 et la carte n°8 du tome 1. Possibilité de réemboiter dans sa reliure d'origine
194053679N. P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1940. 1940. TEXAS WORLD WAR II. First edition. Stapled 6" x 9" brown printed wrappers with titles and unit insignia printed in black on the front and rear cover n. p. 39 pp. numerous illustrations from photographs. Camp Hulen was a military training camp near Palacios Texas operating from 1925 until 1946. At one time it supported the largest concentration of troops for field training in the U. S. military. In 1940 the War Department leased Camp Hulen from the Texas National Guard for antiaircraft training of National Guard units. At its peak the camp had facilities for 12000 military personnel. It continued as a training facility until 1944. The 197th Coast Artillery was one of these units. The oldest antiaircraft National Guard unit in the U.S. it was part of the New Hampshire National Guard. During World War II it was stationed in Australia as part of the defense against a feared Japanese invasion. This souvenir brochure shows group images of the various batteries making up the unit and its commanding officer. There are photographs of training exercises camp scenes recreation and social events including scenes from nearby Cuero and Palacious. Among the numerous images is a double page panoramic view of Camp Hulen in 1940. Also included is a history of the regiment and its unit. Very scarce with WorldCat locating only the copies at the United States War College and Yale. Faint evidence of a vertical crease to the front cover and minor wear to the top corner else a near fine copy of a scarce item. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1940). unknown
Photographie encadrée 170 x 105 - 11 Personnages en costume de zouave avec leurs instruments de musique ention Jouve à Tlemcen
P12332Lower Bullingham Hereford: Special Air Service Regiment n.d. Pp. 94; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers perforated with plastic binder upper wrapper protected by plastic cover sheet; an in-house photocopied manual; privately published by the Special Air Service Regiment Lower Bullingham Hereford n.d. Marked Private and Confidential. This SAS Bodyguard Training Manual from 22 SAS Stirling Lines is only available to those who undertake the course. This is usually people like The Royal Protection Squad and bodyguards of visiting Foreign Governments or VIP's. The course costs 'a33500vat as at March 2010. In 2009 a member of the regiment died on active service abroad. The MOD in their infinite wisdom refused to pay his army pension to his dependants on the grounds they were never married. This despite the fact they had two young kids and lived together as man and wife in Army married quarters for 12 years! The Families Officer of the Regiment is fighting the case. As you can imagine some of the lads still serving didn't take this too well and decided to take matters into their own hands. Some copies of The Bodyguard Training Manual were "acquired" and are being sold off with the money going direct to the dependants! Special Air Service Regiment unknown
111855sd Eigenverlag Kameradschaft ehem Pz. Art. Rgt. 5 / Autoédité - Sans date - In-4, cartonnage illustré - 158 p. + 139 p. iconographiques hors-texte en N&B - Ouvrage en allemand
118907sd Editions des Etablissements H. Tourte & M. Petitin - Sans date (circa 1940) - In-8, broché, format à l'italienne - 16 pages non numérotées, reproductions photographiques en N&B
39326London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons Ltd. 1883. First edition 8vo xxi 1 127 1pp. lacks front endpaper orig. red cloth lettered in gilt a little faded and stained 'B.G.H.' in ink on upper cover. Rare no copy listed on JISC. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1883 hardcover
27424021like new. unknown
