Military Books

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1899. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan. Longmans & Co, 1899 First edition. Two volumes, both in original black cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and upper cover. Seven photogravure plates and 34 plans and fold out maps, as well as many illustrations by Angus McNeill in the text. A lovely, fine set bright and clean with some wear to the cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some trace of sticker on front covers - see scan. Owners signature in front G C Williams Monjokuri? 11 of the maps in Volume 1 and 11 in volume 2 are printed in colour - all these maps are in very good condition except last one of vol. 1 has some extra folds in it. Some foxing here and there but nothing major.

Hamburg, in Comm. bei Giovanni Noveletto, 1816. . Schröder 3289, 2; Rump S. 112; DBI 6, S. 2937: Lip. Qde1; Colas 2. - Das Hamburger Bürger-Militär hatte eine wichtige Rolle in den Befreiungskriegen gespielt. "... eine vollständige Ansicht der verschiedenen Waffengattungen dieses in jedem Betracht achtungswürdigen Corps in allen Gradationen des Ranges zu verschaffen, ist der Zweck dieses Buches" (Druck-Widmung des Verf.). - Zu den Subskribenten zählten u.a. Franz II. von Österreich, Alexander I. von Rußland, Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen, Großherzog Friedrich Franz von Mecklenburg-Schwerin. - Einbd teils bestoßen, Rücken oben gering angeplatzt, innen kaum fingerfleckig (nur außerhalb der Darstellung). - . Gutes Exemplar des seltenen Werkes mit Tafeln in frischem Kolorit.

Wien: S. Czeiger. 1895. First Edition. Originally issued in 25 wrappered parts folio size, housed in 2 book folders with decorative front cover boards, containing 870 pages with 102 full page colour plates by Rudolph von Ottenfeld of soldiers in uniform, uniforms and weapons of the Austrian Army covering the period 1700 to 1867, plus many other illustrations in the text. THIS SET IS LACKING PART 13 consisting of pages 403 to 442 and 5 plates leaving a total of 98 plates. The plates and text are in near fine condition, the book folders the folio's are housed in have some marks especially the rear board of folder 1. The work of Rudolph von Ottenfeld is considered to be the most accurate depiction of the Austrian Armies of the 18th and 19th Centuries and stands amongst the top ten of Uniform books and is without a doubt the definitive study of the Austrian Army. Very heavy set, please ask for postage quote. Digital images supplied on request. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

London: Smith Elder, 1913-. 4 volumes published between 1913 and 1923. Colour and other plates, maps.
Specially bound in half morocco for Astley Terry (co-author of the appendix volume) and with 65 extra illustrations including 7 colour plates taken from Heath's Wellington's Victories. Relevant correspondence from S M Milne and other notes neatly inserted.
Volume 1. The Royal Americans. xxiv and 379 pages. 12 plates (two of which have been replaced by the original engravings), 7 maps, 24 extra illustrations including semi-pictorial plans.Volume 2. The Green Jacket. xxiii and 348 pages. 8 plates (three of which have been removed and placed in volume 1), 12 maps and 6 pocket maps, 22 extra illustrations including 7 colour plates taken from Wellington's Victories by Heath (see Ogilby Index 421).Volume 3. The 60th: The KRRC. xxviii and 334 pages. 8 plates, 6 maps, 12 extra illustrations.Appendix dealing with uniform, armament and equipment. viii and 52 pages. Frontispiece portrait (replaced) and 5 extra… Read More

London: Day & Son 1866. (Hardcover) 842pp. Good to very good. Original cloth with illustrations and titles in gilt. 21 chromolithographs (including 2 folding maps). 9 woodcut engravings in the text. Presentation inscription dated 1868 on the front endpaper of each volume, the covers are worn at the corners and ends of the spine, there is some spotting to the plates and a few pages, some dampstaining to the covers. In mylar wrappers. Also known as Augustus F. Lindley. Locale: China. (Military, Military, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Taiping Rebellion--1850-64).

Paris: Imprimerie du journal la Turquie and Ernest Leroux, 1882 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. oblong folio. Ottoman Turkish and French titles mounted on hard covers, one Ottoman Turkish title page, 8 lithographic plates of the Ottoman military costumes, 9 lithographic plates of the Ottoman military equipments, one index page repaired in the lower right corner. Published by the Imprimerie du journal la Turquie and Ernest Leroux in Istanbul and Paris..

Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1816. First edition. 3 volumes in original state, with original boards, backstrips and paper labels, edges untrimmed. All facsimiles and folded tabs are present. Includes the Atlas volume, which is rarely found with the set. Atlas has been rebound, all maps are present. Wilkinson was a high ranking officer in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Governor of the Louisiana Territory. He drank, used opium and had a checkered career. He was involved in the Conway Cabal against George Washington and the Burrs Conspiracy against Jefferson. He was unsuccessfully court-martialed. In addition to these topics, his Memoirs contain much material on his activities in New York State. Published Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1816, Large 8vo's. 6" x 9 1/2", Vol 1: 855pp., +3 facsimiles, +7 folding tables, +32pp. appendix, +2pp. errata; Vol 2: 578pp., plus 260pp. appendix ; Vol 3: 496pp., + appendix, + 2 folding tabs. Gray paper covered boards and backstrip with printed… Read More

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson , 1808. FIRST EDITION of the First American work on naval medicine. Edward Cutbush ( 1772-1843 ) received his official naval commission as officer in the United States Navy on June 24, 1799, and was the first surgeon listed in the Naval Registry (and the only one listed as hired during the eighteenth century). Very Good in original contemporary calf, 16, 336, 14, [2] pp., lacking the 2 copper plates, 3 folding tables present, and a bit foxed with small chips to 1st table, calf rubbed at the tips, 20th c. prior owner bookplate front pastedown and name in ink front end page ( he was also U.S.N), bookseller's notations in pencil front end page, light to moderate toning internally. Errata slip pasted to verso of contents leaf, includes a 14 pp. appendix by Benjamin Rush originally published 1777, entitled, "Directions for preserving the health of soldiers, addressed to the officers of the army of the United States." Plus 2 page publisher's ads at end. Gilt… Read More

London: Methuen & Co., 1897. RARE, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his fellow survivor, Ralph Locke at the half-title page . -"Ralph Locke from Alan ? Boisragon, October 1st, 1897". Boisragon, Commandant of the Constabulary of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force, was one of only two survivors of the massacre, and Ralph Locke, District Commissioner of the Warri., was the other. With Locke's pencil annotations at the margins of several pages of the chapter "Our Escape" giving added details from his personal experience, making this copy likely the best copy imaginable. Bound in the original brick cloth, Very Good, the first signature detached, the cloth well rubbed. vii, 190, 40 (Publisher's catalogue) pages : map, portrait. Contents: History of Benin; The Royal Niger Company and H.B.M.'s Niger Coast Protectorate; Position of Benin; Our Expedition; Our Escape; The Punitive Expedition. "On January 4, 1897, a British party led by vice Consular general James… Read More

London, printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Lawrence Blaiklock at the signe of the sugar-loafe within Temple Barre, 1643.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing most necessary and curious rules for the exact mustering both of horse-troopes, and foot-bands, with several formes of battailes described in figures. A work fit to be studied and meete for the knowledge of Captaines, Muster-Masters and all young souldiers and generous spirits that love Honourable Practise of Armes. Combines three books: The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2. A collected edition each having a separate title page but continuous pagination. THIRD EDITION, corrected and amended, 1643. INTERESTING PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SEE BELOW. LACKS 2 FOLDING PLATES. Small 4to, approximately 195 x 150 mm, 7¾ x 5¾ inches, general title page within woodcut border, folding leaf with woodcut illustrations, 2 full page woodcut illustrations, many troop formations in the text, some full page, some illustrated initials,… Read More

Motorbooks International, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Subject. VG pictorial softcover. 1999. LIGHT corner bump. MIld scuffs to edges. Pages all clean/unmarked. Heavily illustrated throughout along with history of the Stealth Bomber. Binding solid. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY HAL MARKARIAN to inside cover. Markarian was an Armenian American aircraft designer who would be known for implementing the initial designs of the B-2 Stealth Bomber in 1979. During the initial project of the Stealth Bomber, Hal Markarian was appointed as project manager. VERY SCARCE signed copy by this notable person of history. Markarian passed away in 2012. .

1690 Samuel Pepys 1ed State of Royal NAVY of England Glorious Revolution SHIPS

Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician who is best-known for his diary. His diary was a daily journal account of his life, kept for nearly ten years. It is an important and thoroughly detailed account of Pepys's life as well as major British events and life in London from the second half of the 1600s.

Interestingly, only one work of Pepys was published during his lifetime. His 'State of the Royal Navy of England' was published in 1690 and covers the state of the Royal Navy leading up to the Glorious Revolution and his demands for change. Notable topics include:
· the naval interactions with commerce ships
· the costs of new ships in the navy
· methods of acquiring new ship hands
· how to ready ships
· and much more!

Pforzheimer says of this work:
"Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys' life which… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

You get one 1899 Black Troopers Daring Heroism Soldiers Spanish American War Miles V. Lynk book published by The M.V. Lynk Publishing House in Jackson, TN. It does not come with a dust jacket. This item is in English and is in good condition for an antique book. There is some wear to the covers and edges. The binding is tight along the upper half of the spine, while the bottom half is no longer glued to the pages. There are no loose pages. The pages have tanned over the years and there is some foxing. The red dye from the covers stained the first few pages. Apart from a few previous owners writing their names on the inside of the front cover, the pages are free of writing, This item is 8 inches tall by 6 inches wide. These measurements are approximations to give you an idea of the size of the book. Please see all pictures.

1627 Soldiers Grammar 1ed Markham WAR Battle Formation Weapons Military Tactics

Gervase Markham, a 17th-century English poet, was a well-known horse trainer and breeder. However, aside from his poems and books on horses, Markham published a military training manual for soldiers – 'The Soldiers Grammar'. This work provided instructions for soldiers and officers alike with specific direction given on:
· Military surgeons and medical operations
· Drummers and musicians in military bands
· Directions for quarter-masters
· Army treasurers on finances
· Politics of battle
· Battle formation – varieties and shapes, purposes
o The windmill battle formation for 50,000 men and horses
· Understanding opinions of new soldiers and old soldiers
· Battle ground observations

This 1627 first edition of Markham's "Second part of the Soldiers Grammar" is considerably valuable, much in part to the exquisite folding plates and woodcut illustrations of… Read More