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[Military Drills] · 1800

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

1800. Removed from a larger volume. 1 sheet, folded in three. 13.5 x 5 3/4 inches. Handcolored military drills, most likely early 19th century Spain. Three plates with 17 images. A good copy, some fold, tears, and creases.

Ma Part Aux éVénements Importants de L'Italie Centrale En 1831

[Risorgimento]. Armandi, Pier Damiano · 1831

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Paris, Palais Royal, 1831. First edition. Paper wrappers. 76 pp. 8vo. General Armandi's defense of his actions in the uprisings of 1831 that broke out in the Papal State between the Legations of Bologna, Romagna and Marche, at the instigation of Ciro Menotti from Modena- where...

[Untitled World War I Lithograph Known As 'de Schop' or 'Et de Deux'. ]

Raemaekers, Louis · 1917

$425.00 (€385.59 | £321.64 | ¥67,875)

n.p. n.p. 1917. First edition. Framed. 1 sheet, mounted. Color lithograph. 33 x 22 cm. One of Raemaekers' iconic images. Signed in the plate and in the margin by the artist. World War I cartoon sketch of Uncle Sam kicking Berntsdorff [sic], wearing a German Helmet, in the rear...

Correspondence between His Majesty's Government and the United States Ambassador Respecting the Treatment of German Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in the United Kingdom. Miscellaneous. No. 5 [with] Treatment of Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in the United Kingdom and Germany Respectively. No. 7 [Two Volumes]

[Great Britain Foreign Office] · 1915

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

London, Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1915. First edition. Self-wrappers; stapled paper wrappers. 3 pp.; 87 pp. 4to. [In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 5 (1915)": Cd. 7815]. A very good set. No. 5 with edgeworn wrappers, No. 7 with light toning on front wrapper, minor soi...

Sermon Funebre de El Excmo. Señor Don Jaime Miguel de Guzman, &C. Marques de la Mina &C, Grande de España de Primera Clase

Gila, Roque Antonio · 1767

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Barcelona, Thomas Piferrer, 1767. First edition. Later full mottled calf, gilt titles, 4 raised bands. Portrait frontis, xlvi pp. (plus later blanks bound in). Sm. 8vo. "Gentil Hombre de Camara con exercicio, Caballero de la Insigne Orden del Toison de Oro, y de la de Sancti S...

Guia de Forasteros En Madrid, Para El año de 1853 [with] Estado Militar de España é Indias. Año de 1853

Spain · 1853

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Madrid, En la Imprenta Nacional, 1853. First edition. Cloth. 560 pp.; 263 pp. 16mo. A good copy, lacking the front board, large chip on spine, contents sharp and very good.

Aide to Military Instruction, with Plans and Diagrams

Prevost, L. De T. (Lewis de Teissier) · 1884

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London, W. Mitchell & Co, 1884. First edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. xvi, 263 pp. Illus. with 10 numbered plates and 51 additional plates containing 136 drawings. 8vo. Prepared to help officers meet the requirements of General Order 50, issued the prior year, wh...

The General Orders of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. , &C. &C. &C. In Portugal, Spain, and France, from 1809 to 1814; in the Low Countries and France, in 1815; and in France, Army of Occupation, from 1816 to 1818;. .

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of; Gurwood, John, ed · 1837

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1837. Second edition. Cloth. lxvii, 592 pp. 8vo. "..compiled alphabetically from the several printed volumes, which were originally issued to the General and Staff Officers and Officers commanding regiments in the above campaigns." Contai...

Instruction Sur la Fortification Passagere, la Defense Et L'Attaque Des Postes Retranches, Precedee de Notions Sur le Baraquement Et Suivie de la Nomenclature Des Parties Qui Composent Un Front Bastionne

[Ecoles regimentaires] · 1838

$475.00 (€430.95 | £359.48 | ¥75,860)

[Paris], Imp. de Baudouin, rue Mignon 2, 1838. First edition. Cloth. 103 pp. + 12 lvs of plates. Illus. with 83 b/w drawings on 12 folding leaves. Sm. 8vo. Redigee pour les Ecoles regimentaires. OCLC shows no copies of this first 1838 edition, but there are two at the BN. OCLC...

Cours Elementaire de Fortification, Precede de Considerations Sur la Maniere D'Envisager L'Etude de Cette Science Dans Ses Rapports Avec la Tactique Et la Strategie, a L'Usage Des Eleves de L'Ecole Royale Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Imbert, J. · 1833

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1833. Second edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards. l, 457 pp. 8vo. First published in 1830, this edition is nearly 25 per cent larger. Lacking the elusive atlas volume. Jean-Baptiste Imbert (capitaine du Genie) was Professeur de fortificatio...

Ueber Die Befestigung Und Vertheidigung Grosser Platze [Bound with] de la Fortification Et de la Defense Des Grandes Places

Wittich, C.A. [with] La Barre Duparcq, Ed [Edouard] de., trans · 1847

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Berlin [and] Paris, G. Reimer [and] J. Correard, 1847. First edition and first French edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, red morocco label, all edges marbled. 75 pp.; 68 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w drawings on 2 folding plates. 8vo. Wittich's original work on fortific...

Elemens de Fortifications a L'Usage Des Officiers Des Etats-Majors Des Armees, Et Mis a la Portee Des Jeunes Eleves Des Ecoles Militaires

Noizet-Saint-Paul, Gaspar · 1812

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Paris, Barrois l'aine, 1812. First edition. Quarter morocco over boards, raised bands and five compartments decorated in gilt, gilt titles, all edges marbled. vii, [1]- 544; [545]-806 pp. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one but lacking the plate volume. Separate title page for volum...

Traite Complet de Fortification, Ouvrage Utile Aux Jeunes Militaires Et Mis a la Portee de Tout le Monde. [Two Volumes]

Noizet-Saint-Paul, Gaspar · 1818

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Paris, Barrois l'aine, 1818. Troisieme edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee (third ed.). Quarter morocco over boards, raised bands, five compartments decorated in gilt, gilt titles, all edges marbled. viii, 502 pp.; ii, 348 pp. 8vo. Lacking the plates. Scarce. OCLC show only ...

Six Familiar Lectures, for the Use of Young Military Officers

Field Officer [pseud. Torrens, Arthur Wellesley] · 1855

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London, Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1855. Second printing. Limp red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 106 pp. adv [2] + plate. Illus. with b/w diagrams with one folding cloth plate. 12mo. A gift from D. Van Nostrand to the Commandery with his blind emboss on free front end p...

Introductory Essay to the Study of Fortification, for Young Officers of the Army

Straith, Hector · 1852

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London, Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1852. Second edition. Cloth. xviii, 230 pp. [1]. 8vo. Signed by W.S. Kindersley (Lt. in the British Forces). Does not include the separately published Atlas of Plates extracted from his larger work 'Treatise on Fortification and Artillery...

Weltgeschichte Des Krieges. Von Leo Frobenius Unter Mitwirkung Von Oberstleutnant a D.H. Frobenius Und Korvetten-Kapitan A.D. E. Kohlhauer; Mit Ca. 800 Illustrationen

Frobenius, Leo; Frobenius, Hermann; and Kohlhauer, E. · 1900

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Jena, Thuringer Verlagsanstalt, 1900. First edition. Cloth. vi, 807 pp. Illus. with 800 b/w drawings & reproductions. 4to. The stamp of the library of F.A. Wittfogel [Karl August], the German historian and sinologist. Profusely illustrated examination of the history of war, ex...

Portfolio of the European War in Rotogravure Etchings Selected from the Mid-Week Pictorial of the New York Times

New York Times · 1917

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.90 | ¥15,172)

New York, [New York Times], 1917. First edition. Cloth. Unpaged. Illus. with sepia & b/w plates. Folio. A very good copy, boards rubbed, some wear to extremities and rear board, edges of leaves toned, but otherwise images quite good.

Journal Des Operations de L'Artillerie Au Siege de la Citadelle D'Anvers, Rendue, le 23 Decembre 1832, a L'Armee Francaise Sous Les Ordres de M. Le Marechal Cte. Gerard

Neigre, Gabriel, Baron, Gerard, Etienne Maurice, comte · 1833

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.01 | ¥29,546)

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1833. First edition. Quarterbound morocco over marble paper-covered boards. 138 pp. 1of 2 folding plans. Sm. 4to. (28 cm). Spine rubbed, boards worn especially at the edges with some loss of paper at the corners and edges, front board with small insti...

The Defence of the Realme, by Sir Henry Knyvett, 1596. Now for the First Time Printed, from a Ms. In the Chetham Library, Manchester

Knyvett, Sir Henry. With an introduction by Charles Hughes · 1906

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

[Oxford], At the Clarendon press, 1906. First edition. Blind ruled stiff paper wrappers with front edge beveled (paperback). xxxvi, [1], 75 pp. [1]. 8vo. Tudor and Stuart Library series. Henry Knyvett (d.1598), brother of Thomas Knyvett, wrote this treatise on the training and...

The Swordbearers. Supreme Command in the First World War

Barnett, Correlli · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, William Morrow, 1964. First American edition. Cloth. 392 pp. Bibliography, Appendix, Index. With 44 maps and 32 pp. of photos. 8vo. Analysis of Helmuth Von Molke, Sir John Jellico, Philippe Petain, and Erich Ludendorff. A very good+ tight clean copy in a very good- d...