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  • Ambrose, Stehpen E.:  Americans at War.  Jackson: University Prss of Miss., 1997. First Edition. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of essays of the America goes to war with discussion of battles ranging from Vicksburg to My Lai and personalities as diverse as Custer to Eisenhower.
    TB06734  $45.00




  • Barbour, Major Philip Norbourne:  Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norbourne Barbour Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Limited edition copy. Very good+ in 1/4 tan and blue ribbed cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine and with a blind embossed seal on the front board. The cloth at the lower tips of the boards is rubbed through. Without a dust jacket. Edited and with a forward by Rhonda van Bibber Tanner Doubleday. A limited edition copy as noted on the second free end paper being copy number 547 of only 1,000 signed and numbered copies produced. It is also signed by the editor. 187 pages of text followed by notes on the ancestry of Major Philip Norbourne Barbour. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author a reproduction of a daguerreotype of Martha Barbour and a photograph of the momument erected to the Major's memory by the state of Kentucky. The full title reads: Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norbourne Barbour Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and his wife Martha Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico -1846. Major Barbour was killed in action in Montery on Sept. 21, 1846. His journals and letters written while in Mexico during the war given a first person account of the military actions and personalities witnessed and recorded by Barbour. Very uncommon.
    TB17911  $105.00




  • Carman, William Y.:  Uniforms of the Foot Guards From 1661 to the Present Day.  Romford, Essex: The Pompadour Gallery, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A 4to measuring 12" high by 8 1/2" deep. 127 pages of text and illustrated with thirty full color plates by Bryan Fosten which depict the uniforms worn by the Foog Guards. A wonderfully illustrated book.
    TB16730  $20.00



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    Creasy, E. [Edward] S.:  The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World, From Marathon To Waterloo.  London: Richard Bentley, 1851. Second Edition revised with additions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in only good condition in a late 19th century bindings of 1/2 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised on the spines with two black leather title labels and gilt decorations in the compartments. Both volumes appear to have been rebacked. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and both volumes have an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste downs. The unfortunate aspect for this set are that the majority of the covers and spines for both volumes have been covered with clear scotch tape. The two black leather title labels for volume 2 are missing. Volume I contains 308 pages of text. Volume II contains 338 pages. Many consider this title the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century. To its credit it is still in print and widely read. Early editions are very uncommon.
    TB32139  $350.00



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    Cutts, James Madison:  The Conquest Of California And New Mexico By The Forces Of The United States In The Years 1846 & 1847.  Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1847. First Edition. An ex-library copy in good condition in 1/2 leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A 16mo of 6 7/8 by 4 3/16 with both boards present, but the front board is loose and the rear joint and hinge are split but held in place by the sewing cords, the leather on both boards is scuffed, there is a library book plate on the front paste down, a library pocket and date slip on the rear paste down and last free end page, a library stamp on the engraved title page, a library by-law statement on the page opposite the printed title page, and library call number written in pencil on the copyright page, and, lastly a library stamp on the lower margin of page 7. At some point in its life this copy was trimmed on its fore edge such that the lines of print have cut off the final few letters on the fore edges of the first four pages and left precious little of the fore margins throughout the remainder of the text. 264 pages of text and illustrated with two engraved title pages showing the portraits of Brigadier General Kearny and J. C. Fremont.and one map and four plans. A title which Wright Howes considers "quite scarce". (Howes, C-989: Graff, 965; Rader, 1016; Sabin, 18208; Cowan, p.154; Streeter, Vol. I, 416)
    TB31897  $350.00



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    De Kay, James Tertius:  A Rage for Glory The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN.  New York: Free Press, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and tan paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 237 pages including an index and a section on notes and comments. Due initially to his daring feat of bravery during the Barbary Wars, Stephen Decatur (1799-1820) was one of the most popular and well respected naval commanders in America. He added to his fame with several naval victories during the War of 1812. His unfortunate death in 1820, a result of a duel with another naval commander, occurred near the height of his career with the then fledging Navy.
    TB29302  $20.00



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    Featherstone, Donald:  The Battlefield Walker's Handbook.  Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd., (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 352 pages including an index. Illustrated by maps and black and white photographs.
    TB27698  $25.00



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    Halberstam, David:  The Coldest Winter America and the Korean War.  New York: Hyperion, (2007). First Edition, First printing. Fine in pictorial, wrap around, paper covered boards with no text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/4". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 719 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps.
    TB26326  $10.00



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    Harding, William:  Dreyfus: The Prisoner Of Devil's Island .  n. p.: Associated Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition. Very good- in 1/4 red, simulated leather cloth and red cloth covered boards with heavily tarnished gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth at the tip of the boards worn through and with the rear hinge broken, but reinforced with Japanese tissue. The plate facing page 161 has a number of short closed tears at its lower edge and two related creases all of which have been repaired with archival tape. Without a dust jacket. 406 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dreyfus and with steel engravings and photographic reproductions throughout. The subtitle reads: " A full story of the most remarkable military trial and scandal of the age."
    TB31406  $50.00




  • Hogeland, William:  Autumn of the Black Snake.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2017). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with off-white text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the lower fore corners of the front and rear boards lightly bumped. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 447 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and a section of black and white images from photographs and earlier works of art. The subtitle reads: "The creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the west."
    TB30347  $30.00




  • Hogg, Ian V. and John Batchelor:  Armies of the American Revolution.  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine with the last name of a prior owner at the upper corner of the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and with light rubbing and wear at the upper edge of the spine area. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep overall containing 157 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB18397  $5.00



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    Holmes, Editor, Richard:  The Hutchinson Atlas Of Battle Plans Before and After.  Oxford, UK: Helicon, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red, cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 237 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with maps of before and after battle plans. Covered are 18 battles. Some of the more recognizable battles being Chancellorsville, Alamein, Blitzkrieg, Waterloo, Balaklava, Gallipoli, the Somme and Battle of the Bulge.
    TB30097  $30.00




  • Hutchison, Colonel Paul P.:  Canada's Black Watch The First Hundred Years 1862-1962.  Bloomfield: Museum Restoration Serv, 1962, 1987. 1987 Reprint. Fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing at the upper edges of the front panel. 340 pages including appendices, text and two sections of photographs.
    TB14672  $24.50




  • Leasor, James:  The Red Fort An Account of the Siege of Delhi in 1857.  London: Werner Laurie, 1956. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards with a binder's flaw to the upper corner of the front board causing a wrinkle in the paper covering. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the front panel and very light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The story of the four month siege by the badly out-numbered British Army of the "Red Fort" in Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. 379 pages including an index & bibliograph
    TB14666  $28.00



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    Martel, P.:  A New Plan of Fort Louis of ye Rhein - Le Fort Louis du Rhein.  : , July 28, 1744. . A map in fine to near fine condition professionally washed and backed under the supervision of the Clements Library. It measuring 13 3/8" across the bottom edge (while the image size is 13 1/16" (border to border) by 11 1/8" tall with the image measuring 10 11/16" tall (border to border). It illustrates the classic Vauban-style fortification which presumably played a role in the European conflicts of 1744. It may have originally been published in an English magazine or work on military fortifications. There is a watermark of the fleur-de-lis embedded in the paper.
    TB18622  $175.00




  • Messenger, Charles:  The Steadfast Gurkha Historical Record of 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifle.  London: Secker & Warburg, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The third volume in the history of the Gurkha from 1948 1982. 147 pages including an index, appendices, text and photographs.
    TB14669  $17.50



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    Miller, Christina, Editor:  Fort Trumbull: Ramparts, Subs and Sonar.  New London, Conn.: New London Development Corporation, n. d.. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An oblong 12mo of 7 by 9 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 56 pages including the fold-out page at the rear cover. Illustrated with line drawings and images from photographs.
    TB30745  $15.00



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    Morris, Roger:  Haig: The General's Progress.  n.p. (Chicago): Playboy Press, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/4 dark blue cloth and peach colored paper covered boards. The paper covering to the front board is quite faded. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket where the price has been lined out with a single ink line. Signed and inscribed by General Haig on the fly title page. 450 pages including an index.
    TB19445  $35.00




  • North, Rene:  Military Uniforms, 1686-1918.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. . Very near fine in illustrated cloth covered boards. In a very good+, slightly soiled dust jacket. An octavo measuring 8 3/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep overall containing 159 pages including an index glossary, text and illustrated with color pictures and drawings. A Grosset All Color Guide.
    TB18537  $15.00




  • Piekalkiewicz, Janusz:  The Cavalry of World War II.  Harrisburg: Historical Times, Inc., 1976, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Originally published in Germany in 1976 with an English language version issued in London in 1986. The book provides the first detailed account of the use of mounted units during World War II. 256 pages including an index, bibliography, text and with hundreds of black and white photographs throughout.
    TB14664  $14.00



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    Pohanka, Brian C. and John M. Carroll (Editors):  Nelson A. Miles A Documentary Biography of His Military Career 1861-1903.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 327 pages including an index, text and illustrated with black and white photographs. A biography based on a manuscript found at West Point in 1980 written by General Miles. With a foreword by Robert M. Utley. This is the thirteen volume in The Frontier Military Series by The Arthur H. Clark Company.
    TB24137  $25.00



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    Ring, Jim:  We Come Unseen The Untold Story of Britain's Cold War Submarines.  London: John Murray, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a binding error which shows up as a wrinkle to the cloth on the front board In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 270 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a map and a section of plates from black and white photographs.
    TB30748  $30.00




  • Thian, Raphael P.:  Notes Illustrating The Military Geography of the United States 1813-1880.  Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. First Edition by University of Texas Press. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and the same on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. 230 pages including an index. With an addenda edited by John M. Carroll and a foreword by Robert M. Utley. Contained within the rear pocket are four fold-out charts. A facsimile reprint of the original first edition of 1881.
    TB22688  $15.00



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    United States War Department:  Regulations For The Army Of The United States.  New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857. First Edition. Very good in its original vertically ribbed, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and elaborate blind embossing on the front and rear boards. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the cloth worn through at the head and heel of the spine, soiling to the upper quarter of the front and rear boards with occasional foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 457 pages of text followed by an appendix of 21 pages. The page following the title page states that these regulations have been approved by the President of the United States and is published over the name of "Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War". The verso of that page contains errata. At least half of the content contains examples of the forms the Army is to use.
    TB30780  $90.00






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