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397 pages. "After the Civil War, the U.S. Government and the Army embarked on a landmark endeavor, compiling a military history of all the official military documents from both sides of the war, entitled War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, and referred to as the Official Records, or O.R. The Army then collected the official military maps to supplement the O.R." - from dust jacket. This book is a modern reprint of that original supplement. "The most detailed collection of maps ever published on the subject... contains 821 maps, 106 engravings, and 209 drawings (including detailed uniform and flag illustrations) almost all in full color. Compiled during the post-Civil War years from the best cartographic material created during the epic struggle, this atlas is invaluable for anyone interested in the landscape over which was fought the greatest internal conflict in U.S. history." - from dust jacket. Price-clipped with remainder dot to bottom edge of textblock and small nick to cloth on top of front board, otherwise unread and as new. A beautiful copy of this massive compilation. Book
128 pages. Features: The Female Gaze; A continuing look at gangs and the media; Cultural amnesia; The visionary physics of Tom Dean; Tracing personal and cultural history with Irene F. Whittome; Photographer and book designer Michael Torosian; Medrie MacPhee's industrial poetics; Stan Douglas does battle with the armies of the modernist night; The furniture of sculptor John McKinnon; Jack Goldstein - epiphany as white noise, by Douglas Coupland; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Numerous black and white photographs. "...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. Contents: Chapter CXXXII - The Churches and the Armies. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: Mr. Lloyd George as War Premier; Caporetto and the Rapallo Conference; The German Offensive of March 21; The Campaign for the Channel Ports; Unity of Command; The Strategy of Marshal Foch; The Allied Counter-Offensive; The Achievements of the British Army; THe Contributions to Victory of the Canadian and Australian Armies; The Armistice; Sir Douglas Haig's Review of the War. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
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.
Pages 85-110. Features : Cover portrait of Stalin; One-page map of the main combat areas of the great Russian Offensive on their way to the Reich; Two-page photo spread of photos of Polish and other milestone cities, mixed with photos of Russian leaders General Petrov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Koniev, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Tolbukhin, and Marshal Malinovsky; Book review of "Things Past" by Michael Sadleir, including photo of author; Three pictures of the Russian offensive, including Marshal Rokossovsky with Marshal Zhukov, a super-heavy Josef Stalin tank fording a river, and self-propelled guns in action; Article entitled "The Winter Campaign of the Red Army"; Three photos from Belguim where Germans captured a short Allied convoy at Five Corners near Baugnez, took 150 U.S. prisoners, including Red Cross men, and machine-gunned them in a field; Two pages of great photos of the British Second Army advancing north of Sittard into the Roer Salient; Five photos of the U.S. 7th Army on the Alsace Front - Battle Scenes; Five photos from Houffalize - where two U.S. armies blunted the German salient; Excellent centerfold illustration of the making of a "Mulberry", a concrete caisson of the prefabricated harbour towed to Normandy; The Ware in Burma - six photos with General Festing's gallant 36th Division; Five photos in Burma - scenes at the capture of the Port of Akyab; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Buckston Browne, Sir Harold Burrough, FDR being sworn in, Maj.-Gen. R.N. Gale, The Earl of Gowrie, V.C., Dr. James Hall, Sir Henry Gauvain, V.A.C. Crutchley, V.C., The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their sons; Photo of the coronation of the Maharajah of Manipur; Aerial photos of bomb craters near the Mittelland Canal; Photo of mourning Belgians at Bande saying farewell to 34 young men shot in cold blood by the Germans; Photo of Captain Muller negotiating with American and French officers at St. Nazaire; Last scenes of fighting from Greece - where Archbishop is proclaimed; Two pages of illustrations of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron's Heraldic Badges; Eight photos of Australia's horrific "Dust-Bowl"; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
Sur la création d'un établissement chargé de veiller à la fourniture et à l'entretien des voitures et chevaux nécessaires aux déplacements des troupes.
L'ordonnance défend aux soldats en garnison de « faire Cabaret, vendre aucun Vin, ni aucune Viande de Boucherie, même d'en tuer pour leur propre usage ». Selon J. Salvaing, il n'y a pas eu de dragonnade à Béziers. Les troupes suisses stationnées participaient-elles à la construction où au contrôle de la construction du canal ? Nombreux noms de contrevenantes locales citées comme Dame Pascal, la veuve de Foulerand, etc...
428p. Hardcover Good condition Authors include: U.S. - Merritt Wesley; Gt. Brit. - Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st viscount; Germany - Exner, Moritz; France - Lewal, Jules-Louis; Austria - Kuhn, Franz, freiherr von Kuhnenfeld; Italy - Goiran, Giovanni; Mexico - Janvier, Thomas Allibone. & an anonymous Russian General
