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Vg/G (unclipped dj lightly faded on spine and few chips to edges with one small tear tail of spine, clean grey cloth with black titles on spine, a very good square tight bright copy with small patch light browning front free endpaper and ink gift inscription, small crease to corner of one board) quarto unpaginated. Volume 1 in a series of 10 volumes. A substantial volume profusely illustrated in b/w with contemporary photographs.
Book appears in mint unread condition. 279pp. The fascinating story of an American serviceman in the Confederate Army, only allowed to enlist just as Grant's brutal spring 1964 campaign began.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 288pp. A study of the Commander of Union Forces in the American Civil War, Ulysses Simpson Grant and his tactics and strategy in the fight against the Confederates. Illustrated.
No inscriptions or marks. Tiniest of creases to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The battle that was the masterpiece of the Confederate commander in the American Civil War, Robert E Lee, when he split his forces under Jubal Early and 'Stonewal' Jackson and beat the Army of the Potomac which was twice its size. Well illustrated and with full descriptions of Orders of Battle.
pp. xxiv, 242 + Portrait Frontis. 12mo. 180mm. Original full cloth binding. Appleton Modern Literature Series to be used as a classroom reader. LIT BX 7
Vg/G (unclipped dj lightly faded on spine and few chips to edges with one small tear tail of spine, clean grey cloth with black titles on spine, a very good square tight bright copy with small patch light browning front free endpaper and ink gift inscription, small crease to corner of one board) quarto unpaginated. Volume 1 in a series of 10 volumes. A substantial volume profusely illustrated in b/w with contemporary photographs.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 312pp. The Civil War was the defining event in American history. For each side, a way of life was gone - destroyed along with the battle-ravaged countryside and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were never to return. Although the North and South were very different at the start of the war, neither could return to its past. Their experiences are compared in this superb edition, with hundreds of illustrations from the period.
Initials to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 303pp. A detailed account of the naval battles of the American Civil War, which, although there has been less coverage of them than of the land battles, were crucial factors in the outcome of the war.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and illustrations and pedigrees in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 5 maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original grey cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter age-browned and frayed with loss at extremities. A standard reference, published in the Mainstream of America series edited by Lewis Gannett. The title was borrowed by Ken Burns in his acclaimed TV documentary series of 1991.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, headpieces and full-page illustrations in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition.
With text drawn from diaries and letters and pictures from public and private collections this book tells in detail the history of the American Civil War Small tear and creases to top edge of dust jacket. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board and backstrup blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, brigght, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities and with loss at head and tail of backstrip.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with endpaper maps; brown cloth, upper board with decorative frame border enclosing eagle in cartouche all in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, brown silk marker, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy.
A celebration of the tercentenary of the Bank of Scotland by the Chief Archivist Alan Cameron - before we had all heard the phrase 'sub-prime'. Dust jacket has tear at top back. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the smallest of marks to lower page edges, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and spine foot. 394pp. Detailed study of American medicine and surgery in the 1860s and how it affected the American Civil War. Very scarce in the UK.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs, illustrations and digrams throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, coloured plate and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed fascsimile reissue of the original edition of 1909.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; lavender cloth, gilt a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers all such weapons from the beginning of the American War of Independence to the close of the American Civil War.
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers moderately dust-soiled at extremities else a near fine copy. The first Warship Profile to depart from the series' 'traditional' timescale of post-Dreadnought vessels.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second volume of Catton's masterly Grant trilogy.
8vo., Eleventh Impression thus; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green top (lightly faded), small crease at extreme head of backstrip else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Mitchell's Civil War masterpiece was first published in the UK in September 1936 (three months after its US predecessor); this issue in January 1938. This book is, of course, the basis of the multi-Oscar-winning feature film (1940) starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 8 maps (3 folding), free endpapers very faintly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. FIRST UK EDITION OF MAHAN'S FIRST BOOK. THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ADMIRALTY WITH ITS ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN; this copy awarded to Sub-Lieutenant G.H. Brady in 1902 for Meritorious Service. Hattendorf A1d.
