Militaire

Táctica de Infantería. Instrucción de recluta y compañía.

Madrid, Rivadeneyra, 1864, 126 págs. + 11 láminas con figuras /-/ (Sigue, por el mismo autor:) Táctica de las Tres Armas. Infantería. Instrucción de guerrillas. Madrid, M. Tello, 1862, 116 págs. + 1 h. + 2 hojas de toques de corneta + 11 láminas con figuras. Ambas obras en un tomo, 13,5 x 9,5 cm., holandesa piel de época algo gastada.

The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY

Folio, First Edition [Sole Edition], with a portrait frontispiece, several fine portraits in photogravure, very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams (many full-page) in the text, and several large folding maps coloured in outline; pictorial buckram gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Published by Bell for The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, this is a magnificent record of RA service during the Second World War, with individual theatres, actions and activities described by appropriate authorities. As befits the Gunners, this is one of the finest regimental records to emerge from WWII. White, p.29.

The War the Infantry knew 1914-1919. A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium with The Second Battalion, His Majesty's Twenty-Third Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: founded on Personal Records, by One of their Medical Officers. [With an Introduction by Keith Simpson.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; original pictorial wrappers, crease in rear wrapper else a very goos, clean copy. This important work, to which Sassoon was a primary contributor, was first published privately in 1938 (see Keynes B16). A public edition was issued in 1987, which was followed, in turn, by this paperback version. Sassoon's main contribution A Subaltern's Service in Camp and Action (12 March to 1 April 1917) stands as Chapter XII where it is here retitled A Chapter in a Subaltern's Life (March 12th to April 16th 1917). The account was written early in 1926 and except for his diaries of 1918, was the first prose Sassoon wrote about the war. It was afterwards expanded in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) as pp. 190-237 (see Keynes A33). Not recorded by Enser.

The Russian Front. Germany's War in the East 1941-45. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.

The Fighting Fourth. No. 4 Commando at War 1940-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Anglo-French 4 Commando was one of the longest serving units of British special forces. This excellent history covers, among other actions, Lofoten, Dieppe, D-Day and Flushing

THE MILITARY LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Light tanning to pages. Very minor shelfwear; Intended to tell of the military life of Alexander the Great, as best as it can be reconstructed from old and modern historical sources. ; 164 pages

Standing Orders of The Durham Light Infantry. With a short Record of the First and Second Battalions. Published under King's Regulations (1935) Para. 1651. [Preface by General Beauvoir de Lisle]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.

The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. FINE COPY

8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.

QUELQUES ASPECTS DU RECRUTEMENT DES ZOUAVES (1830-1852)

Chateau de Vincennes 1972. In-4 broché, texte ronéotypé, 50 pages. Intéressantes remarques historiques, politiques et sociales. Publié par le Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre.

Zuviel Pazifismus?

TRAVELS IN THE NORTH OF GERMANY, IN THE YEARS 1825 AND 1826.

pp. iv, 453 + Frontis drawing of a duel. Age stained and foxed. Mildly XLib. Penciled notations. 8vo. Leather backed marbled boards. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss. Practically disbound. First Edition. This book is most famous for Dwight's enthusiastic report on the Prussian system of teacher education, and his suggestion that it should be adopted throughout the Unted States. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/1

WAR

Minor creasing to spine. Rubbing to extremities with a bit of colour loss. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 272 pages

Tradition - The Journal of the International Society of Military Collectors, Number Thirty-Three (33)

40 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1975. Contents: Peninsular Papers, part 3; The Sea Cavalier, part 2; The Field Service Uniform of the Imperial German Army, 1914-1915; Colonel Percy H.S. Barrow CB, CMB. - the 19th Hussars in the Sudan; The Dress of the French Infantry, Part 1; British Campaign Medals - the Naval General Service Medal, 1793-1840; Iron Laughter in Andalus, Part 1; Interesting Guns - Hand Guns of the German Army; French Cuirassiers, Part 6; The Bersaglieri; British General Officer c. 1743; The War Game, Part 18. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book

THE CREATION OF THE ROMAN FRONTIER

Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Else fine. ; Gathers the scattered and often ambiguous classical references into a coherent description of Roman strategic thinking. Finds the Roman frontier policy to have been much more disciplined than previously supposed. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6 Inches; 337 pages

Military Relations Between the United States and Canada 1939-1945 - United States Army in World War II, Special Studies: Includes Signed Presentation Letter From General Lyman Louis Lemnitzer to Lieutenant General Samuel Findlay Clark, Canadian Army

432 pages. Index. Biographical Notes. List of Abbreviations. Chart. Tables. Fourteen reproductions of black and white photos in text. Color map of Canada, Alaska and Greenland stored in back pocket. Describes in detail how Canada and the United States joined to thwart the Axis threat and stresses the very significant work of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States. Inside front board a 9.25" x 6.25" typed presentation letter, dated 16 February 1960, to Lieutenant General Samuel Findlay Clark, Canadian Army, is signed by L.L. Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Letter was originally glued inside front board but is now loose. Yellow glue discoloration to perimeter of letter and front fixed endpaper. Light wear and no markings to this extraordinary association copy. Book

Lions and Dragons. An Illustrated History of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment 1959-2006.

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original photographic covers, a near fine copy. Published to commemorate the history of the Regiment from 1945. Covers Regular and TA units of King’s Own and Border Regiments up to 1959 and King’s Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959-2006. Detailed appendices include ROH, honours & awards, and key personalities.

Lions of England. A Pictorial History of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), 1680-1980.

4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. Sutcliffe, p.42.

When Dragons Flew. An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-1945. SECOND REVISED EDITION

Roy. 4to., Second Revised Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded edition of the splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. First published in 1994, this is the book which began the 'new wave' of Arnhem unit photographic documentaries. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. This edition includes more than 135 new photographs, minor corrections, additions to the Battalion ROH and detailed additions to the Battalion roll. Sutcliffe, p.293 (recording the first edition of 1994)

When Dragons Flew. An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-1945. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, unevenly sunned dustwrapper. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.293.

When Dragons Flew. An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-1945. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous photographs in the text, large signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears and chipped at corners. SIGNED BY EASTWOOD ON HALF-TITLE. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private sources. As one would expect, about half the book is given over the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operational orders for MARKET and much other data. Sutcliffe, p.293

The New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1967 - Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power"

112 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Great Robin Hood-themed ad for Patty Petite fashions; Nice one-page black and white photo portrait Hohner harmonica ad features Al Hirt; Lovely Springmaid color-photo centerfold Springmaid ad features Sandy Hilton; Nice Jade East ad; Great Jane Irwill ad entitled Knitticism!; Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power" - photo-illustrated article in which King says Blacks respond to violence because they lack influence on American thought, and he advocates the use of Black economic, political, and ideological power (Fisher, page 10); What's Wrong with American Newspapers? - a newsman's critique of the press; The Ibos go it alone in Nigeria - photo-illustrated article; WWII sex education cartoon by Sgt. George Baker features Sad Sack after watching an Army sex hygiene film; Lovely two-page Faberge lipstick ad; Nice color ad for Rooster square-bottom ties; What We're Learning About Learning; Italian villa of Romano Rui designed by Gian Case; Great photo of 1920s New York newsstand; Elephants to the Rescue in Vietnam; Fantastic very colorful one-page photo ad for Pinch whisky appears to feature Benny Goodman and friends; and more. Please note: Missing pages 87-92. Above-average wear. Some pages loose but present. Covers loose but present. Faint library stamp and handwritten date upon front cover. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book

Istanbul through a bow's sight.= Nisangâh-i Istanbul.

New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (31 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 404 p., ills. Istanbul through a bow's sight.= Nisangâh-i Istanbul. 'Okmeydans' in Istanbul in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul Archers Tekke - Archers in the classical Ottoman age - Evliya Çelebi and archers - Famous archers in Istanbul and their 'Nisantas's - Turkish / Ottoman manuscript literature on archery - Production and producers of composite bows - Story of 'Tekke of Archers'.

Temur va Ulugbek davri tarihi.

Fine Uzbek Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Uzbek (Cyrillic script). 264 p., color ills. ISBN: 89890106X. Temur va Ulugbek davri tarihi. History of periods of Tamerlane and Ulug Bey.

Deutsches militarlexicon. Herausgegeben von einem Kollektiv der Militarakademie der Nationalen Volksarmee 'Friedrich Engels'.

Very Good English Original bdg. HC. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In German. 502, [1] p. German military lexicon. Deutsches militarlexicon. Herausgegeben von einem Kollektiv der Militarakademie der Nationalen Volksarmee 'Friedrich Engels'.