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186432582Columbia: Evans and Cogswell 1864. Stiff wraps. Good. 12mo. 278 pages. Stiff paper boards with title on the front cover. Black cloth spine. Covers are worn and discolored. It appears the covers are facsimiles. Light to moderate foxing to the contents. Pencil inscription on the right front flyleaf reads "Col. Samuel W Milton from the publishers." <br /> <br /> The author wrote this book during his recovery from wounds in battle. He dedicates this work to Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis thanks the author and calls him "a master of the art of war" on page 12. Confederate imprint.<br /> <br /> Parrish & Willingham 4953; Confederate Hundred 60; Sabin 44651. The previous owner served as an Assistant Adjutant General under Samuel Cooper from 1863 to the end of the war. From Find A grave dot com taken from the Biography of Eminent Men of the Carolinas: <br /> <br /> Samuel Wickiff how it is spelled in the obit Melton was born in Yorkville S. C. February 7 183 hard to read. Receiving his early education in Yorkville he graduated from the South Carolina college in the class of 1852. He edited the Chester Standard published in Chester in 1852 and 1854. Then he returned to Yorkville and established the Yorkville Examiner on January 1 1855 running it until 1858 when he sold out to Lewis M. Grist. In the meantime in 1857 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law with his brother C. D. Melton at Chester continuing until the war broke out. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 on the staff of Gen. M L. Bonham as aid-de-camp accompanying him to Virginia remaining with him until after the first battle of Bull Run. Subsequently he went on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith commanding the Second corps he having the rank of major. He remained with Gen. Smith until February 1863 and was then assigned to duty in the office of the adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate army at Richmond where he remained until the close of the war. He was in the first battle of Bull Run in the Peninsular campaign in the battles around Richmond at Seven Pines the campaign in 1863 in North Carolina and temporarily on the staff of Gen. Beauregard at the battle of Drury's Bluff. The chief duties however from early in 1862 to the close of the war were in the adjutant general's office in Richmond. Evans and Cogswell unknown
0267885628.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Horrocks called 50 Div 'the most experienced battle-fighting division in the British Army'; its 'Tyne Tees' badge became a watchword from France to Sicily and onward through North-West Europe. This detailed account covers Sicily and NW Europe with numerous appendices listing OOB, ROH, awards and much other useful data. A valuable complement to Clay's standard history of 1950. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 17 and 62 folding maps (2 large) on japon, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; original regimental blue cloth, upper board blocked with regimental badge in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. Complete with errata leaf. The standard record of the regiment's service in the Great War in which eleven battalions were involved. Includes ROH, honours and decorations, MIDs, units and their COs, depots and POW funds 'Well above the average of regimental histories in interest. He has done his best to procure information from officers who served with the regiment to supplement the generally scant and laconic accounts of the war diaries' (Falls). Accordingly this history is particularly well supplied with maps (albeit some of them sketches in outline). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.70; Falls p.97; Sutcliffe p.306; White p.105.
171 pages. Features include: The PPCLI Comedy Company; Regimental Depot; First Battalion; Second Battalion; Regimental Band; Mobile Command Headquarters; CFB Rivers; Max Flex (Canadian Airborne Regiment); The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); 2551 Airborne Cadet Corps; 2554 PPCLI Cadet Corps; Quevrain to Mons; Back to the Battlefields; Ottawa Ceremonies; 3 Bn The Royal Green Jackets; PPCLI Association; etc. Prior owner's neat ink stamp upon each half of front endpaper else unmarked. Moderate wear. Flexible forest green cloth boards with gilt lettering and emblem. Nice copy. Book
139 pages. Features include: War in Italy, The Naviglio Canal; Regimental Depot; First Battalion; Second Battalion; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); 2551 PPCLI Cadet Corps; The Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade); Canadian Forces Base Rivers; Brig WG Colquhoun (In Memorium); The US Army Command and General Staff College; The Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct (Cpl Batiuk); PPCLI Association; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Forest Green flexible green cloth boards decorated with gilt lettering and emblem. Nice copy. Book
124 pages. Features: The All Canadian Route of '98; Regimental Depot; Regimental Band; First Battalion Report; Second Battalion Report; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); 2551 PPCLI Cadet Corps; The Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade); CJATC Report; Mount Hamilton Gault; The Hamilton Gault Trophy; The End of an Era; Lt Col FD Farquar (In Memorium); and more. Gilt lettering and emblem upon forest green flexible cloth boards. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
83 pages. Features: Nahanni; A Short History of Vietnam; A View From the Khyber Pass; Canadian Army Staff College; Regimental Depot; First Battalion Report; Second Battalion Report - 1963; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); The Rifle Brigade Letter; Sharp-shooters in Bottle Green; Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association; 2483 Esquimalt (Princess Patricia's) Cadet Corps. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Some yellowing to contents. Book
155 pages. Features include: Regimental Notes; 1961 Rifle Team; Marine Magic; Interim Report from Ghana; First Battalion Report; Home Station Report - Regimental Depot, Second Battalion, Mess Activities; PPCLI Cadet Corps; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment; The Rifle Brigade; PPCLI Association; Exercise Tombstone Association; Regimental Number "1"; Crossing the Savio River - Italy; The History of the PPCLI Band; West Coast Trek; Memorial Plaque - Dedication Ceremonies; U.S. Army Ranger Course; and more. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Mild yellowing to contents. Brilliant gilt lettering and emblem upon forest green cloth flexible boards. Excellent copy. Book
122 pages. Features: Regimental Notes; The 1960 Rifle Team; An Unforgettable Soldier; Honours and Awards; First Battalion Report; Home Station Report - Second Battalion, Mess Activities, The Depot, Regimental Band, Regimental Museum, PPCLI Cadet Corps; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); PPCLI Regiment; The Rifle Brigade; Letter From England; Two Years with the Rifle Brigade; Canadians in Indo-China; Congo Papers; The 8th of May 1915; Kapyong; Customs of the Service. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Brilliant gilt lettering and emblem upon forest green cloth covered flexible boards. Excellent copy. Book
102 pages. Features: Regimental Notes; Andrew Hamilton Gualt - A Memoir; Colonel of the Regiment; Obituary - Miss Jennie MacGregor Morris; Presentation of New Colours 1 PPCLI; Laying up of Old Colours 1 PPCLI; Honours and Awards; First Battalion Report; Second Battalion Report; The Depot; Regimental Museum; PPCLI Band; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); PPCLI Cadet Corps; PPCLI Association; The Rifle Brigade; United Nations Military Observer Group in Palestine; United Nations Military Observer Group in Pakistan; The Crossing of the Moro and the Capture of the V. Roatti; Customs of Service; Confidential Comments; Location Lists; Captured Operation Order. Light to moderate wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Brilliant gilt lettering and emblem upon flexible forest green cloth covered boards. Very nice copy. Book
86 pages. Reproductions of many black and white photos. An annual journal published at the home station and devoted to the interest of all serving and former members of the regiment. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
10857London: A. H. Bullen 1902. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Original brown cloth illustrated in black with gilt titles to the spine. A very good copy the binding a little rubbed and bumped the contents complete with light spotting to the text block edges and prelims. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To his dear wife / from / The author / May 1902". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: A. H. Bullen 1902 hardcover
35-4KOQ-MILXHardcover. 3 volumes. Fair. unknown
184834406New York: D. Appleton and Company 1848. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 557 pages 1 page blank 32 pages publisher catalog 1. Frontispiece and Illustrations. Folding map of lower Florida. Restored. Dark brown cloth hardcover with decorative blind stamped borders and gilt illustration of Oseola on the front cover. Gilt title and publisher name stamped on the newer brown cloth spine. Frontispiece title page prliminary pages folding map and publisher catalog in back have moderate foxing. Light toning to the rest of the text. Map has a very small chip bottom edge and an approx. A 5"-6" closed split on a lower fold below Key Largo with no loss of content. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
0267855680.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0884900711New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
0884900711.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
40 pages. Oblong 11" x 7". Sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. Includes history of the regiment, history of the 'Black Cat', Chronological list of battle honours in the world wars, information about the Thomas Bouckley collection (from which the photos in this exhibition were selected), and twenty-nine historical photos of the regiment and related subjects, supplemented with concise and informative text. Also includes lists of Commanding Officers, Honorary Colonels, and Honorary Lieutenant Colonels. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent reference.. Book
0332156893.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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Features: Photo of "The Cookhouse" - the only 'volunteer' cookhouse in the Brigade; Company Notes; The Brigade Camp, with four photos; Chronicles of the Cookhouse - West Tarring, August, 1970; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Notes on Recent Alterations in Infantry Training - by the C.O.; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Photo portrait of The Right Hon. R.B. Haldane, K.C., LL.D., M.P., Sec. of State for War; Company Notes; London Scottish Appeal Fund; Distribution of Prizes; Notes on the Attack (based on Infantry Training 1906) by the C.O.; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Major Malcolm in India; Sergeants' Mess - lecture by Major Neish; Recruiting poster; Company dinners; Rab and his friends - presentation to Pte. R.W. Simpson; High Life in Hong Kong (A St. Andrew's Ball), by Captain Gordon Casserly; Correspondence; Photo of "Our Early Uniform"; The Massacre of Glencoe - important historical document; and more. Bit of writing atop back cover. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, coloured and monochrome plates, maps and plans; green cloth, upper board with regimental badge blocked in silver, gilt back, a near fine copy. First volume of one of the great regimental histories. This volume was first published in 1901. A second volume followed in 1903, a third volume in 1939, and fourth, fifth and sixth volumes by Falls (1958), Miles (1961) and A.D. Gardyne (1972). Sutcliffe, p.389; White, p.120.
