Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; What was for the United States a struggle against creeping Communism in Southeast Asia was for the people of North Vietnam a "great patriotic war" that saw its eventual victory against a military Goliath. The story of that conflict as s paperback
Bookseller reference : ria9780700621873_inp ISBN : 0700621873 9780700621873
Ticknor & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. First edition. Hard cover published by Ticknor and Co. in 1886. No dust jacket. Brown covers with gilt lettering on spine. Upper corner of back cover is bumped bent and worn and other corners are slightly bumped with some wear. Ends of spine are worn with top end missing a strip. Both inner hinges are split. Inside front cover has the name and address of a prior owner. Front endpaper has a faint number in upper corner. Pages have slight tanning around edges. Maps in back of book include Pope's Map Central Virginia loose Longstreet and Williams Board Map No. 2 Board Map No. 3 Chantilly Field of Chantilly and General Map. Book is in fair condition. Large 8vo 394 pages 2.2 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 394 pages . Ticknor & Company hardcover
Ticknor & Company. Collectible - Acceptable. 1886 vol. 2 only. Green cloth. Ex reference library sticker taped to spine bookplate to front pastedown which has been marked out with blue marker pencil notations to title page and preface page paper label torn from last page no other library marks. Wear to corners and spine ends. Spine worn where a large sticker has been removed. About 1 inch cut from bottom of title page waterstain to fore edge does not affect text. Interior is clean and sound. Maps in rear pocket have been backed with linen most of the maps seem to have been cut in 4 pieces and then glued to the linen. Ticknor & Company hardcover
1895. American Civil War. The first nine volumes commissioned by the MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS was published in Boston and New York by Houghton Mifflin and Company and in Cambridge by the Riverside Press from 1895-1912. The Society's founder John C. Ropes called for a "Society for the investigation of Military History principally of our late war but also of other wars both of this and other nations." Volumes numbered 1 through 9 are titled as follows: Campaigns in Virginia 1861-1862 The Virginia Campaign of 1862 Under General Pope Campaigns in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania 1862-1863 The Wilderness Campaign May-June 1864 Petersburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg The Shenandoah Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 and the Appomattox Campaign 1865 Campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee including the Battle of Chickamauga 1862-1864 The Mississippi Valley; Tennessee Georgia Alabama 1861-1864 and Operations on the Atlantic Coast 1861-1865; Virginia 18621864; Vicksburg. Each volume is illustrated with foldout maps. They are bound in navy cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt insignias to front boards. Bookplate to front pastedown of many volumes. Spine and boards show some overall minor scuffing/rubbing and edgewear; there is a 2 inch closed tear from crown of volume 1. Some hinges are cracked else volumes are generally clean and fresh within. Although not complete a substantial portion of this esteemed set is being offered here. About very good. unknown books
1913. MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL AND MEXICAN WARS 1861 1846. Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Vol. XIII. Boston: The Military Historical Society of Mass. 1913. 8vo. blue cloth; with 5 folding maps. Slight foxing at front blank and half-title. Spine dulled front hinge weak. Good. unknown books
Cadet Armory Ferdinand Street Boston: The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts 1913. First Edition. Very Good binding. A clean copy in blue cloth stamped in gilt. With erratum slip and 5 folding maps: Map of Military Railroads 1861-1865; Gettysburg to Spotsylvania; Field of Seven Days' Battles; Mexican Campaign 1846-1847; Valley of Mexico Chapultepec and Garitas of San Cosme and Belen. This copy for the personal library of Civil War historian James I. Robertson with his embossed namestamp on the half-title page. Very Good binding. The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts unknown books
Boston: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts 1912. Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts Vol. IX. 1st edition. Octavo blue cloth 585 pp. Maps fold-out maps. Former-owner bookplate Very Good. Articles include: Major Anderson at Fort Sumter by George H. Gordon; Operations in North Carolina 1861-1862 by Thomas F. Edmands; The Department of North Carolina under General Foster July 1862 to July 1863 by Major J. Lewis Stackpole; Military Operations in South Carolina in 1862 against Charleston Port Royal Ferry James Island Secessionville by Hazard Stevens; The Operations against Charleston by Alfred P. Rockwell; The Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 3 1863 by Hazard Stevens; The Battle of Olustee Florida February 20 1864 by William Eliot Furness; The Tenth Army Corps in Virginia May 1864 by Alfred P. Rockwell; General Butler’s Bermuda Campaign by George A. Bruce; Defence of Fort Fisher North Carolina by William Lamb; The Capture of Fort Fisher January 15 1865 by Adelbert Ames; The Burning of Columbia S. C. February 17 1865 by Henry S. Nourse; The Second Battle of Bull Run by Hazard Stevens; The Battle of Fredericksburg December 13 1862 bu George A. Bruce; and The Vicksburg Campaign by William R. Livermore. Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1912. hardcover books
Boston: Published for the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts by Griffith-Stillings Press 1902. Octavo pp. 398 original navy blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Number 12 in Society's series of publications. This consists of ten papers read by their authors at the Society's meetings. Most of the papers were composed by participants in the actions described most of which took place during the American Civil War. Includes an index. Faint damp stain about the size of a half-dollar on front cover otherwise a fine copy with most pages unopened. #146893 Published for the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts by Griffith-Stillings Press unknown books
1953. Oblong 12mo. 64pp. A hand-made brochure containing typed entries charts a folding sketch map of the Braconne Ordnance Depot and 15 original photos bound into a black cloth folder prepared exclusively for Brig. Gen. Earl S. Gruver Chief Ordnance Division Hq USAREUR for his use during his first tour of the Ordnance Supply Group and its subordinate installations in France and Germany. This copy created by PFC Raymond E. Rush of the Personnel & Administration Branch who has penned his name on the first page contains a typed history of each ordnance and including an organizational chart layout area and statistics for each. The foreword is signed in ink by F.E. Hendler Lt. Col. Ord. Corps Commanding and dated January 1953. The photos varying in size from 3 x 2 1/2 in. to 3 x 4 in. include photos of the various commanding officers of the installations and gated entrances to the depots at Germersheim Mannheim Pirmasens and Rhine in Germany and Braconne Fontenet and Nancy in France. An illustrated title on the front cover and an illustration of the 7847th patch and other symbols on the rear cover printed on stiff card stock are laid down on the boards. Brig. General Earl S. Gruver 1898-1963 an instructor for ordnance and gunnery at West Point saw service during World War II as an Ordanance Officer for the U.S. Military Mission in Cairo Egypt. According to a brief biography in the Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame records he was transferred to England late in 1944 where he assisted in the preparations for the invasion of Europe as Chief of the Planning Division Ordnance Section. He was Chief of the Industrial Activities Division in the Office of the Under Secretary of War from 1945-1946. In 1952 he was sent to Heidelberg as Ordnance Officer of the U.S. Army in Europe.<br/>Lt. Col. Frederic E. Hendler was placed in command of the 7847th which was formed in July 1951 charged with constructing seven depots and supplying thousands of vehicles to member countries of NATO from the Germersheim depot. see: Stars & Stripes July 27 1952. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Harwich Essex England 1804. 1 vols. Two folio leaves. Printed document in English and German each leaf printed on one side and filled-in in ink in various hands the King's coat of arms appears at the top of each page of the document; folded lengthwise thrice some minor chipping and soiling mostly to margins. 1 vols. Two folio leaves. Enlistment document for Henrich Henry Schwienekobe of Hanover Germany to serve in His Majesty's Army for the term of 7 years. The recruit signed the statement " . . . to the best of my Knowledge and Belief . . . I have no Rupture nor ever was troubled with Fits and am no Ways disabled by Lameness or otherwise but have ther perfect use of my Limbs . . ." on October 25 1804. He is 25 years old of a fair complexion with blue eyes and blond hair and has enlisted for the bounty of four pounds sterling. The document is signed by the Magistrate a witness and at the bottom of the first page is signed "I have Inspected the above recruit & find him fit for his Majestie's service. T. Logan." There are two completed versions of the document one in English and one in German. unknown books
Washington D.C.: Military Intelligence Service War Department. First edition. Soft cover in original wrappers. Published Washington D.C.: Military Intelligence Service War Department 1942. 8vo. wrappers vii104 pp. illustrated with diagrams. Chapters include: Air-borne Operations in the Present War German Parachute Troops German Glider-borne Developments German Air-borne Transport Italian Air-borne Forces Japanese Air-borne Forces and Enemy Air-borne Tactics. Near fine clean bright with no marks or censoring. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1942. Military Intelligence Service, War Department paperback
War Department. Collectible - Good. Collectible - Good. Washington D.C.: Military Intelligence Service War Department 1944. Special Series 28. Sm 8vo. iv180pp. Good book. Spine ends chipped. Edgeworn. Mild toning throughout. Stamp on back cover. mountain warefare War Department unknown
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; With full color images this is a carefully restored reproduction of a then highly classified 1943 US Army War Department manual. hardcover
Bookseller reference : ria9781782663119_inp ISBN : 1782663118 9781782663119
The Battery Press 2004. 2nd. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Imperial War Museum and The Battery Press; London and Nashville 2004. Hardcover. A Very Good green cloth binding with gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact mild crimping to spine edges slightly cocked fainted small moisture spot top text block edge slightly bumped bottom front board corner without Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 480pp. abbreviations miscellaneous indexed color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scans are available for any item please inquire. The Battery Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU1036851 ISBN : 1904897010 9781904897019
Washington: War Dept. Military Intelligence Division 1945. Paperback. Good. iii 62 leaves mostly printed on one side. Softcover in original stapled covers. 28cm. Paper backing around spine almost completely gone exposing the staples. Other modest cover soiling and wear. War Dept. Military Intelligence Division paperback
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