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4to, 160 pages, illustrated. eng
Very poor (in very poor condition throughout, the blue cloth boards are very stained and soiled with damp mottling down the length of the spine, edges worn and all corners bumped, tipped on colour plate of rider on horseback with Union Flag remains intact but lightly marked, there is a great deal of pencil scribble over all endpapers and prelims and on several pages with grubby marks etc., the title page and prelims are missing, there is quite heavy browning to all page edges and the binding is loose and pages shaken, half of one page is missing, reading copy only) quarto 153pp. Illustrated with sepia and coloured plates, prints and drawings.
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in in 1977. VERY SCARCE.
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Editions, with 2 frontispieces, 166 illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour and a number full-page) in the text and 154 maps (a number folding); regimental cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: (Robinson): 1685-1815 (1988); Vol. II (Aggett): 1815-1914 (1994); Vol. III (Aggett): 1914-1969 (1995). The definitive history, compiled and published for The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. The Devonshire Regiment [formerly 11th Foot] amalgamated with The Dorset Regiment in 1958. Individual volumes, especially in this condition, are already scarce. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and a map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A 'sequel' to Tout's 'A Fine Night for Tanks' (1998). Here he focuses on the infantry battles south of Caen during Operation TOTALIZE. Many valuable eye-witness accounts.
206 pages. Includes list of references. Several tables and illustrations. Topics include: Infantry Corps History; RHC Historical Background; History of Customs, Traditions, Ranks and Dress; The History of RHC Customs and Traditions; Parades and Guards; Flag Etiquette; Colours, Battle Honours and Military Music; Saluting and Funerals; Miscellaneous Historical Customs; Scottish Music, Dancing, Dress and Weapons; General Military Knowledge and Customs; Mess Etiquette; Conduct of a Mess Dinner. Undated but would seem to be circa 1967 according to a reference to the new Canadian Forces uniform. Clean, unmarked, tight and square with light wear. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text, inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. The first edition is increasingly elusive in this condition..
25x18. 40p. Col. Men at Arms. Fotogr. Ilstr. M. Roffe.
Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4°, XXI; 76 pages; Investigation of the battle of the Granicus, based on a thorough study of the sources, will be presented in three sections: 1. Eleven points which deserve to be scrutinised in greater detail than has yet been done. 2. A consecutive description of the course of the battle. 3. A graphic description of all stages of the battle.
Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4°, XXI; 76 pages; Investigation of the battle of the Granicus, based on a thorough study of the sources, will be presented in three sections: 1. Eleven points which deserve to be scrutinised in greater detail than has yet been done. 2. A consecutive description of the course of the battle. 3. A graphic description of all stages of the battle.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Minor wear to corners of wraps. ; Yale Library Of Military History; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
xii, 211 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Maps. "The political consequences of this battle were so profound and so far-reaching that it is not difficult to understand why it has generally been considered one of the 'decisive battles' of the modern era." - x. No dust jacket, as issued. Moderate foxing to top and fore-edges otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
First impression. Illustr.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous tables in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, housed in publisher's cloth slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 229). A major study and the standard reference for battle honours. Includes short notes on actions.
BAR International Series 472 (I) , (II) & (III). 3 Volume Set COMPLETE; 914 pages
287 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon half-title page. Index. Black and white photographic plates. The story of short soldiers in Word War I. "Author tracked down 300 surviving Bantams and made good use of unpublished journals and letters. His experience documents again the widespread illogical prejudice against people who happen to be short." - from back cover. Small inkstamp to bottom of front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Minor curl to front cover. Very nice copy. Book
300 pages. Footnotes. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A history of the Australian Army as an institution, with its shortcomings and failures paid due attention, its triumphs and successes duly noted." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
Writing to ffep from author: "To Professor Hammond with the compliments of the author". Spine and top edge of rear wrap are a bit sunned. Minor shelfwear to wraps. ; University of California publications : Classical studies ; v. 13; 306 pages
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding facsimile on blue stock and a double-page map as frontispieces, a folding map and a double-page map, and two large folding maps (one coloured in outline) in pocket at rear of second volume, some very mild occasional foxing, fore-edges dusty; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, covers moderately soiled (boards to volume two stained with black ink), volume one neatly rebacked with original backstrip (faded) laid down else a good, firm, sound copy of a work scarce in any condition. This volume bears the neat contemporary signature of 'Frank Cooper' and the following holograph inscription: 'Maps drawn by my brother Harry, who was with Colonel Colley as Adjutant of Transport. Col. Colley, afterwards Sir G[eorge]. Pomeroy Colley, was killed in the fatal action of Majuba Hill in Natal fighting against the Boers'. Henry Brackenbury was Assistant Military Secretary to Wolseley; Cooper (as stated correctly above) was sometime Adjutant of Transport during the campaign. The official records were placed by Wolseley at Brackenbury's disposal 'without reservation' and augmented by the latter's private journal which he kept whilst serving at headquarters. The account of Captain Glover's expedition is taken entirely from letters between Wolseley and himself. The missions of Captains Butler and Dalrymple are described from their own letters. Frank Cooper's signature is dated 1874; the Battle of Majuba Hill took place on 27th February 1881 during the First South African War (this action was, incidentally, the last occasion on which British regimental colours were carried into battle). It would seem, therefore, that this was originally Frank Cooper's copy (until at least 1881) which then passed into the Brackenbury family. It was then in the library of Major-General Charles Booth Brackenbury (1831-1890) and bears his signature on the half-title of the second volume. The author's elder brother, he spent his career in the Royal Artillery culminating in his appointment as Director of Artillery Studies at Woolwich, from which position no-one did more to spread sound ideas throughout the service on tactical changes demanded by the advancement in weapons technology. On Charles's death this copy passed to his youngest son, Hereward Irenius Brackenbury and bears his engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down of first volume. Hereward Brackenbury was a talented engineer and director of the prominent defence contractor Hawthorn Leslie & Co. The Brackenbury family was well represented in nearly all the British wars of the nineteenth century. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND DESIRABLE FAMILY COPY SHOWING MULTIPLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR OF A CLASSIC VICTORIAN CAMPAIGN MEMOIR.
Light creasing and rubbing to wraps. Foxing to textblock. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it as been by military leaders since ancient times. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international. Its aim is invincibility, victory without battle, and unassailable strength through understanding of the physics, politics, and psychology of conflict. This translation presents the classic from the point of view of its background in the great spiritual tradition of Taoism, the origin of psychology, science, and technology in East Asia and the source of the insights into human nature that underlie this most revered of handbooks for success. Translated from a standard collection of commentaries on Sun Tzu's text by eleven interpreters, the work has been edited by Thomas Cleary to bring out the meaning of the principles of strategy. In addition, the translator provides an extensive introduction discussing the content and background of the book. ; 184 pages
Minor wear to corners of wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Concentrating on land warfare, distinguished U. S. Military historian Jones argues that most military events can be explained by military factors. The framework of his analysis is strategy, which Jones sees as remaining consistent for 2500 years. When applied, however, strategy becomes dependent on tactics and logistics. These in turn are constantly modified by technology. The result is an ever-changing dialectic of options that continues to make war a viable political option even in the nuclear age. ; 740 pages
Features: photos of the PAS mid-winter Board of Directors; Great photo inside front cover shows many Pierce-Arrow army trucks in Buffalo prior to shipment to World War I; One of a Kind - photos of a regal town car prior to and after restoration; The Big Car, by John M. Powers - fond memories of a giant Pierce-Arrow touring car written by a PAS member in 1934; reproduction of the entire August 1958 12-page "The Arrow", the first issue of this publication - very informative - includes a textual/chronological description of the evolution of the Pierce-Arrow Car; Selling the '66' - reproduction of article from the Feb. 1916 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman', plus other articles from other issues of that publication; Great reproduction of a four-page folder which describes the 1923-1924 Model RE (of which 270 were built) Pierce-Arrow Truck and the Model RF (of which 405 were produced); Back cover features reproduction of a Pierce-Arrow ad which features dancing nymphs in countryside. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
Small chip missing from bottom back edge of DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Bottom corners slight bumped. Ffep has corner clipped (probably to remove former owner's name). ; Thorough description and assessment of the Roman army, its organization, staffing, management, finance, and relationship with Roman leaders from Julius onward. ; 364 pages
Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has 1 tear (2 cm) and some chipping. ; Thorough description and assessment of the Roman army, its organization, staffing, management, finance, and relationship with Roman leaders from Julius onward. ; 364 pages
