2 576 résultats
All volumes have dustjackets except volume IV. The DJs of Volumes I, II, III & V are protected with new mylar covers. DJs have minor shelfwear and range from VG+ to NF. Volumes range from Fine to NF except Volume 3 which is in VG condition with 1 cm tear to bottom edge of front board. ; Isbn: 0520027582 (v.1) 1974, 0520025652 (v.2) 1974, 0520037812 (v.3) 1979, 0520053796 (v.4) 1985, 0520073746 (v.5) 1991.; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; 167 pages; The volumes of The Greek State at War are an essential reference for the classical scholar. Professor Pritchett has systematically canvassed ancient texts and secondary literature for references to specific topics; each volume explores a unique aspect of Greek military practice.
8vo., First Edition; original brown cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, gilt back, corners lightly bruised, lower joint rubbed (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the inked accession stamp of Surrey Infantry Brigade on front free endpaper. Arguably the most important, and certainly one of the scarcest, works relating to the creation of the Territorial Army, founded in the year of publication by Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War, following the principles promulgated here by Harold Baker (then Financial Secretary to the War Office). A SOUND, COMPLETE ASSOCIATION COPY OF WHAT MIGHT BE TERMED THE STRUCTURAL BLUEPRINT OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1815, un tomo de texto en pasta española de época, 20,5 x 15 cm., y un tomo de láminas en rústica, 22,5 x 15,5 cm., 2 h. + 514 págs. + 7 h. = 36 láminas plegadas. (Leve mancha en las últimas láminas).
Madrid, 1846, 23 x 16,5 cm., holandesa piel de época con desgarro en la parte superior del lomo, escudo en oro del Cuerpo de Ingenieros en el plano superior, portada + 4 hojas + 657 págs. manuscritas en letra muy clara y legible reproducidas en litografía. (Obra rara de la que se tiraron pocos ejemplares que contiene estudios militares de los sistemas defensivos y fortificaciones, escuelas y campos de instrucción de Europa, con el objeto de mejorar nuestra defensa y formación).
38 holograph & typed letters, plus typed transcript by family, ca.1950. Addressed to Antoinette S. Carr, Saratoga Springs, NY Unbound Good condition
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and maps in the text, three volumes with endpaper maps, one volume with signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Ian Hay: Arms and the Men (1950); Eric Linklater: The Campaign in Italy ((1951); Christopher Buckley: Norway. The Commandos. Dieppe. (1951); Christopher Buckley: Greece and Crete 1941 (1952); John North: North-West Europe 1944-45. The Achievement of 21st Army Group (1953); Christopher Buckley: Five Ventures. Iraq. Syria. Persia. Madagascar. Dodecanese (1954). The 'Short Official History' was promulgated by H.M. Government to furnish the general reader with a short military history of the Second World War pending the publication of the numerous Official Histories then commissioning or in progress. The authors were selected by reputation and for their previous association with official sources (most notably in the well-known HMSO wartime pamphlets) and were granted unusual access to official documents and sources of information. As a result, and despite their 'temporary' status, the volumes are not only vividly written but remarkably detailed and well-illustrated. . The series was originally intended to comprise eight volumes but two of those projected, 'The Campaigns in Africa' and 'The Far East 1941-1945' were never published, possibly because by then the first cluster of Official Histories was nearing publication stage. ALL VOLUMES ARE ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION; COMPLETE SETS (ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPERS) ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE. Enser pp.202, 228, 298, 191, 76 and 273 respectively.
1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers. 12mo (small) , 18 pages, 16cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, Healthy Shall You Be. Cover title. Advice for US Jewish WW I Soldiers about not contracting venereal disease. SUBJECT(S) : Military hygiene. Sexually transmitted diseases. OCLC: 507150715. Exceedingly scarce, with OCLC listing only 1 copy worldwide (Columbia) . Presumably most were discarded by Jewish doughboys after reading. Old dampstains, with covers fragile with bit of edgewear. Otherwise solid and good. Rare. (yid-29-30)
Original Poster. 1 print. 84 x 56 cm. Lithograph, color. Poster showing a soldier reaching out above the chaos of battle. Civilians, when we go through this we need all the help and comfort you can give - The Jewish Welfare Board. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11, 1918. The National Jewish Welfare Board, founded on April 9, 1917, played a central role in providing for both the spiritual and material needs of Jewish troops in World War I. Later renamed the Jewish Welfare Board, this organization trained both rabbis and lay leaders to serve as aids for the Jewish military. The Jewish Welfare Board supplied soldiers with kosher food, Passover meals, holiday services, and trans-denominational prayer books. Important Jewish leaders such as Dr. Cyrus Adler expedited these efforts. The Jewish Welfare Board also organized secular activities for the soldiers. By 1918, the Board extended its effort to the Jewish troops overseas. This classic poster shows a soldier who implores civilians to help with the war. Subjects: National Jewish Welfare Board - 1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918 - Economic & industrial aspects - United States. War bonds & funds 1910-1920. Soldiers - 1910-1920. Lithographs Color 1910-1920. War posters - American - 1910-1920. Original Poster. Copies held at the Library of Congress and Temple. Edge wear; slight tear to center, previously repaired with tape, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (AMR-46-44)
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original paper autograph letter handwritten signed by Mahmud Sevket, Izzeddin Çalislar. (33x21 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 p. Repaired back side. Request of a surgical operation by 'Said bin Mehmed' (Siroz Redif Taburu Efrâdindan) and Mahmud Sevket Pasha and Izzeddin's confirmations. Signed by Mahmud Shevket Pasha as "commander of Turkish countercoup of 1909 (Hareket Army)" and by Izzeddin [Çalislar] as "Erkân-i Harb Kolagasi (Batallion commander)". The Ottoman countercoup of 1909 (13 April 1909) was an attempt to dismantle the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire and replace it with an autocracy under Sultan/Caliph Abdul Hamid II. Unfortunately for the advocates of representative parliamentary government, mutinous demonstrations by disenfranchised regimental officers broke out which led to the collapse of the Ottoman government. Characterized as a counterrevolution, chaos reigned briefly and several people were killed in the confusion. It was instigated by some parts of the Ottoman Army in a large part by a certain Cypriot Islamic extremist. Dervish Vahdeti reigned supreme in Istanbul for 11 days. The Countercoup was put down in the 31 March Incident, on 24 April 1909 by the Army of Action (Hareket Ordusu) which was the 11th Salonika Reserve Infantry Division of to the Third Army (Ottoman Empire) commanded by Mahmud Shevket Pasha. Extremely rare.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 12 plates and 5 maps in the text; handsomely bound in red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, red top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. Classic study of the notorious gulf between High Command and the Front Line on the Western Front in 1915, particularly the disastrous generalship of Second Ypres, Neuve Chapelle and Loos. Compiled with free access to the private files of Liddell Hart, it takes its title from the well-known quotation: Ludendorff: 'The English fight like lions.' Hoffman: 'But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys'. This work is the inspiration for Joan Littlewood's acclaimed stage musical 'Oh, What a Lovely War!'. Enser, p.23.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps (a number folding),neat contemporary inscription to veteran on half-title; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in red and lettered in gilt, uncut, an exceptionally bright, crisp, clean copy. Enser,p.58.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, numerous maps (the majority folding and many coloured in outline) and coloured endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and 2 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Presentation copies are extremely scarce. Baxter, 271.
First edition, 16mo (135 x 85mm), [2], vi, 216p., with half-title, folding engraved frontispiece of a fortification enriched with all manner of outworks, offset and creased with closed tear repaired with archival paper, endpaper margins browned by turn-ins, cont. calf, rebacked. Roscoe, A385 (1) noting the Military Dictionary (running to 112pp., ) is an enlarged edition of a 35-page section of Flanders Deliniated, 1745 (Roscoe A157). The second half of the book is devoted to The Political History of Europe. Provenance: Early ownership inscription to front paste-down "Agnes Jameson - Book | Bramrey. 1799."
35,[1]pp., 3 folding specimen printed forms, preserved in recent cloth. A very rare recruiting manual published in an attempt to establish a uniform system for the better recruiting of His Majesty's Forces both home and abroad. ESTC locating the Durham University Library copy only.
Commemorative album on the occasion of the suppression of the Malagasy Uprising (1947-49) by French colonial forces, here in a superb artist binding. – Contents: The photographies, all of them shot from French military prospective, show some villages, landscapes and natural sights, but moreover French troops (26 units of Infantry, Artillery, parachutists, Air Force, Marines and Pioneers in total) in glorified action. The majority of those units consisted of indigenous Africans, like the »Spahis« and »Tirailleurs« (Algerian, Madagascan, Moroccan, Senegalese, Tunesian). Also present, of course, the notorious French Foreign Legion. The photographies also show scenes of surrender of whole villages and some single prisoners of war, or wounded and fallen. They don't show atrocities however, also committed in large number by French forces (Travis). – Provenance: Pre-title page recto with an owner's dedication: „Souvenir du Madagascar, J. Millet, 1949“. – Condition: Edges and corners of binding occasionally slightly bumped and worn, otherwise in very good condition. – Reference: Hannibal Travis: Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations: Exploring the Causes of Mass Killing Since 1945. London and New York: 2003, p. 138.
40 pages. First part of this famed series which meticulously detailed the history of WWI. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - from Preface. Contains Chapters 1 and 2 - 'Political Antecedents to the War', and 'The German Army and German Strategy'. Reproductions of dozens of excellent black and white photos of key political and military figures. Center-fold "Map of the Area of The European War". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
167 pages. Black and white plates, including tissue-protected frontispiece. Author was a Captain in America's Military Intelligence Division during WWI. A compilation of his fascinating and informative letters. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
Features: The biggest manhunt in Canadian history - great colour photos and lengthy text; The Private Agony of Jerome Choquette - this Justice Minister set out to strengthen the rights of the individual but now advocates identity cards and carries a .38 revolver; Newfie Fare - Everywhere an Islander goes, his food is sure to follow; Sure the UN tries to keep peace around the world - but who tries to keep peace at the UN? - retired Canadian Army officer Harold Trimble explains; Wearing your ego on your face - photos of moustaches added to the faces of famous Canadians; Doug Wright's Family; Maggie Grant; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1777, 17,5 x 12,5 cm., holandesa piel de época, 1 hoja + XX + 259 págs. + 1 hoja + XVII tablas plegadas + V láminas plegadas. (Obra bien documentada por la numerosa bibliografía francesa consultada por el autor; las láminas y tablas que acompañan la obra están muy relacionadas con el texto, ya que este suele hacer continuas referencias a las ilustraciones. El mismo año y también por Ibarra se publicaron dos obras de este autor con el mismo título y del mismo tema aunque con distintos contenidos, paginación y láminas.
Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1777, 17 x 12 cm., piel de época con tejuelos, 2 hojas + XXXVI + 364 págs. + 4 hojas, la última blanca + XVIII láminas plegadas grabadas al cobre por Manuel Rodríguez. (El mismo año y también por Ibarra se publicaron dos obras de este autor con el mismo título y del mismo tema aunque con distintos contenidos, paginación y láminas).
Lisboa, Henrique Valete de Oliveira, 1659, 18,5 x 14 cm., encuadernación en holandesa piel del siglo XIX, 8 hojas + 189 págs. con apostillas marginales, en realidad 195 págs. ya que repite la numeración de las páginas 73 a 76 dos veces. (Ejemplar falto de la portada y del retrato que se encuentran reproducidos en papel de época y con mancha en las dos últimas hojas aunque sin impedir la lectura del texto).
Berlin, 1789, 30,5 x 23 cm., hol. piel moderna, 2 h. + 290 págs. + 1 h. (Ejemplar con algunas manchas de humedad y falto de los mapas que acompañan esta rara obra impresa en magnífico papel de hilo).
Light tanning to pages. Faint crease to ffep. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; “This study explores a neglected aspect of history: the precautions upon which depended the existence of city-states, great and small, and even of a few rustic communities. Social as well as political stresses impelled the ancient Greeks to build innumerable fortifications of astonishing diversity; the book refers, merely for points of special interest, to hundreds of remains still visible in the homeland, many along the Turkish and the Italian coasts, and some in countries as remote as Spain and Afghanistan. ”; 552 pages
15 vols., sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The set comprises: 1: The Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry; 2: North Somerset Yeomanry; 3: The Yorkshire Hussars; 4: Westmorland and Cumberland Cavalry; 5: 3rd County of London (Sharpshooters); 6: The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry; 7: The Yorkshire Dragoons; 8: Lovat Scouts & Scottish Horse; 9: Warwickshire Yeomanry; 10: The Yeomanry Force at the Coronation; 11: Worcestershire Yeomanry; 12: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Norfolk; 13: The East Kent Mounted Rifles; 14: Yeomanry Drum Banners and Mounted Bands; 15: Staffordshire Yeomanry. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.