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Captain Francis W Dawson (Civil War, Confederate)
Reminiscences of Confederate Service Signed & Inscribed
A very rare signed edition of privately printed 100 copies of Captain Francis W Dawson's memoir by The News and Courier Book Press. Blue-gray cloth binding decorated with red stamped C.S.A and embellishments. 240 x 150 mm. 9 3/8 x 5 7/8". 180 pp.Author signed: "Mr. W.L. Daggett from F.W. Dawson Jan 1883". The author inscribed this book to William L. Daggett 1824-1889 a printer working for the Charleston's News and Courier with Dawson. Presumably Mr. Daggett was responsible for printing this book making this a presentation copy.This very rare book is a remarkable account of an Englishman traveling to the American South to join the Southern Confederacy. His book includes 18 wartime letters to his friends and family in England.Note: A few pages pp 9-16 inside are loosening from spine not completely detached there is also no loss to text or tear hence we have adequately reduced the price. Overall this book is in great condition and would be a beautiful addition to the library of someone passionate about the American Confederacy. hardcover
Bookseller reference : H-104
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CUBA/INDEPENDENCE WAR.
"Collection of Original Edicts from the Final Cuban War of Independence"
<p><i><b>Collection of 23 original edicts February 1896-September 1898 by the Captain Generals of Cuba 19 by General Valeriano Weyler 4 by General Ramón Blanco the last Spanish Captain General of Cuba. The edicts concern the attempts by the Spanish authorities to control the insurrection. They range from Weyler's efforts to concentrate the population in fortified encampments a measure often considered the precursor of concentration camps to Blanco´s establishing of a ceasefire in 1898.</b></i></p><p>23 ORIGINAL EDICTS; some manuscript annotations and the stamp of the Army of Cuba on some communiqués. The collection includes three items of related ephemera.</p><p>Notable collection of original edicts from Spanish authorities who participated in the Cuban War of Independence and attempted unsuccessfully to end the insurrection. The Cuban War of Independence the War of 1895 is the name given to the final Cuban war against Spanish domination. It is one of the last American wars against the Kingdom of Spain. The war began on 24 February 1895 with a simultaneous insurrection in 35 Cuban localities known as Grito de Oriente formerly known as Grito de Baire and ended in 1898 with the surrender of the Spanish Colonial army to the U.S. military advance with the assistance and support of <i>mambises</i>members of the Independentist Cuban army in the conflict known as the Spanish-American War. </p><p>Details on each of the edicts available on request. G. 11653/ RF 818. X99X001160 </p>
Bookseller reference : RF 818
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(Korean War) Korean Ministry of National Defense
Commemorative Album of Photography on the Second Year Anniversary of the Korean War
<p>Korean War<br /></p><p><i>Commemorative Album of Photographs on the Second Year Anniversary of the Korean War</i>.</p><p>Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea 1951.</p><p>Oblong 4to 31 leaves with protective tissue; with commemorative text: 6.25 Korean War emblem: winged five-point star and anchor 2nd Year D.N.D. R.O.K. flanked by Birds of Paradise executed in mother of pearl woven silver silk tie. </p><p>Containing 77 original photographs documenting the events and players in the war including President Syngman Rhee Douglas MacArthur etc. with typed captions a page of dedication with presentation To Ambassador De Tervarent … Tao-Yong Shinn Minister of National Defense Republic of Korea . </p><p>An official album presented to the Belgian Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Minister in Japan Chevalier Guy de Schoutheete de Tervarent 1891-1969 Belgium being one of the 17 countries which furnished military forces in support of the United Nations Security Council resolution to defend South Korea. Most likely each of the Allied nations received such an album as a souvenir.</p><p><br /></p> Ministry of National Defense hardcover
Bookseller reference : BBO25
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WILLIAM COGSWELL. CIVIL WAR
An Eloquent Farewell to His Troops from a Massachusetts General Who Marched to the Sea with Sherman and Fought in the Civil WarÂ’s Last Battle
<p>Brigadier General William Cogswell offers a dramatic farewell message to the troops under his command in the Army of Georgia. A Salem Massachusetts lawyer Cogswell turned his law office into a recruiting station after learning the 6th Massachusetts had been attacked in Baltimore. He was first in last out in his Civil War service: In 24 hours he raised the first full company of the war Company C 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers and his brigade fought in the final battle of the war in Bentonville North Carolina. Despite his relative obscurity Cogswell's eloquence rivals the great farewell messages in military history.</p> <b>WILLIAM COGSWELL. CIVIL WAR.</b>Manuscript Document Signed. General Orders No. 14. Farewell to the Army of Georgia Near Washington D.C. June 9 1865. 1 p. 7¾ x 12 in.<p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p><i> Head Quarters 3rd Brigade 3d Div. 20th Army Corps </i></p><p><i> Near Washington D.C. 9th June 1865</i></p><p><i>General Orders</i></p><p><i>No. 14</i></p><p><i>Officers and Enlisted Men of the 3rd Brigade 3rd Division 20th Army Corps Army of Georgia.</i></p><p><i>In a few days your organization will be broken up. Some of you will go to your homes and the civil pursuit of life while others remain for still further duty in the West. </i></p><p><i>Your noble record the history of the deeds of valor you have performed and of the part you have taken in this "War of the great Rebellion" now so gloriously ended have preceded you to your homes while the West knows them already by heart. </i></p><p><i>Although I have been with you but six short months yet by your valor by your patience by your fortitude and by your courtesies I have learned to love and respect you and I shall part with you with sorrow and regret. </i></p><p><i>No part of my military life has been so pleasant as that which links its history with yours. </i></p><p><i>From the earliest of battle fields to the last grand blow at Bentonville N.C. your blood has stained Alas! too many a sod. </i></p><p><i>Quick soldierly in camp patient willing and obedient on the march brave in battle with never an inch of ground lost participating to an unusual extent and with unsurpassed valor in the last battle of the War – March 19 1865 – your record will be remembered wherever the "battles of the Potomac" are known or the "Campaign of Sherman" read. </i></p><p><i>That the pleasures and comforts of home may attend you that go that additional honor and laurels may await you that remain that an Almighty and good God may forever lead you in ways of pleasantness and paths of peace that industry and virtue may crown you with their rewards that all that good brave men deserve may be yours that those who remain may shortly be sent to home and friends and that the blessings of a kind heaven may always be with you wherever you go is the last best wish of your Brigade Commander.</i></p><p><i> Wm Cogswell</i></p><p><i> Bvt. Brig Gen Commanding</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p><b>William Cogswell</b> 1838-1895 was the son of the founder of the Massachusetts Republican party. He left Dartmouth College and spent two years on a square-rigger sailing around the world. When he returned he attended Harvard Law School and became a lawyer in Salem Massachusetts. When word reached Salem that the 6th Massachusetts had been attacked in Baltimore on April 19 1861 Cogswell turned his law office into a recruiting station and raised Company C of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in 24 hours. He went on to become its commander.</p><p>Though the regiment suffered heavy losses Cogswell's company distinguished themselves well at the Battle of Antietam. Cogswell was promoted from company to regimental commander. During the Battle of Chancellorsville Cogswell was seriously wounded which resulted in his missing the Battle of Gettysburg where the 2nd Massachusetts lost another commander resulting in Cogswell's promotion to colonel. Cogswell was brevetted brigadier general on December 15 1864 and took command of the 3rd brigade 3rd division of the 20th Corps a part of the Army of Georgia that participated in Sherman's Savannah Campaign better known as the March to the Sea.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Lower half of left margin somewhat tattered affecting only one word go edge wear at upper right half some toning. Superb for display.</p>
Bookseller reference : 23320
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CIVIL WAR - GETTYSBURG
A Union Officer's Commission and Field Report from the 17th Connecticut Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg
<p>A field report from the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Allen G. Brady commander of the 17th Connecticut Regiment written on the 4th of July 1863 the day after the battle ended in a great victory for the Union.</p><p><i>"We had not more than time to form before the enemy were discovered advancing rapidly upon us on our right & a full Brigade obliquely towards our left….our fire was so destructive it checked their advance the troops on our left giving way the enemy came in behind us but we still remained firmly at the stone wall until the rebels were driven back."</i></p> <b>CIVIL WAR – GETTYSBURG.</b>Allen G. Brady Autograph Manuscript Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 4 1863. 6 pp. in pencil an unsigned draft or retained copy.<p>With: <b>ANDREW JOHNSON.</b> Officer's commission of brevet Lieutenant Colonel to Allen G. Brady <i>"for gallant conduct at the Battle of Chancellorsville Va to date from March 13 1865"</i> March 20 1866 signed with stamp not in ink; and</p><p>With: <b>ALLEN G. BRADY.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to the Adjutant General U.S. Army May 19 1877 seeking a copy of the military record of General Hugh Brady who had fought in the War of 1812; and</p><p>With: <b>WHARTON J. GREEN.</b> Autograph Letter Signed to Allen G. Brady December 13 1885.</p><p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p><i>Head Quarters 17 Regt Conn Vol. </i></p><p><i>July 4 1863</i></p><p><i>Lieut. H. Whitney Chatfield </i></p><p><i>A.A.A.G. 2d Brig. 1st Div. 11 Corps</i>.</p><p><i>Lieut.</i></p><p><i> In compliance with instructions from head quarters I have the honor to make the following report the part taken by the 17 Conn Vol in the engagement of the 1st 2d & 3d inst. The Regt. arrived in Gettysburgh between one & two O'Clock & were marched with the other Regt. of the Brigade to the lower end of the town & halted for a moment. Four companies were immediately ordered out under Maj Brady </i>2 <i>two of the four Companys under Maj. Brady were deployed from the bridge to the right as skirmishers the other two held in reserve. The remainder of the Regt under the Command of Lieut Col. Fowler advance with the rest of the Brigade to the front & left of the village. Directly in rear of the 107 Ohio Vol. - who were closed in mass by Division & were ordered to the front Deployed & advanced at Double quick our men held their ground notwithstanding they rushed to the rear of troops directly in advance until ordered by the Brigade Commander to fall back. </i></p><p><i>This order was obeyed the men loading & firing as they were retreating it was <b>about this time Lieut Col. Fowler was killed. Upon reaching the village the four companys</b> </i>3 <b><i>still skirmishing briskley with the enemy </i></b><i>& retiring in good order & ordered by the Comdg Genl to rejoin the Regt. <b>Maj. Brady immediately taking command after deploying & firing in several streets running to the left of the main street of the town on account of the rapid advance of the enemy we were ordered to fall back out of the town & while retreating through the main street the Regt was halted & faced to the rear & poured several destructive vollys into the enemy.</b> We then fell back out of the town & formed in front of the battery <b>pursuant to order from Maj. Genl. </b></i>Oliver Otis <b><i>Howard we then advanced to the stone wall in rear of the village </i></b><i>& remained a few moments there again advanced to a rail fence still further to the front & then remained until </i>4 <i>late in the evening when the whole Regt was sent out on picket & performed that duty <b>until late in the afternoon of 2d when we were relieved & took our old position behind the rail fence w</b></i>h<b><i>ere we remained exposed to fire of the enemy's battery & sharp shooters until about 7 o'clock P.M. were ordered to the extreme right of the Brigade behind a stone wall on each side of the lane below the battery opposite the cemetery entrance one company was advanced to the grain field near the woods we covered the wall on each side of the land by compelling 200 straggling soldiers to fall into our line. We had not more than time to form before the enemy were discovered advancing rapidly upon us on our right & a full Brigade obliquely towards our left. The Regt were ordered to fire obliquely to the left upon the Brigade our fire was so destructive it checked their advance the troops on our left giving way the enemy came in behind us but we still remained firmly at the stone wall until the rebels were driven back.</i></b></p><p><i>It was during this engagement that Maj. Brady was wounded </i>5 <i>by a fragment of shell hitting his right shoulder blade. </i></p><p><i>After the enemy had been driven back & the firing ceased except occasional shots from their sharpshooters. We were relieved by the 4 Ohio Vol. and were ordered to change front to the left behind a wall running at right angles with the fence we had occupied and fronting the town where the rebels entered on our left. During that night & the 3d inst. exposed to a cross fire of the rebel batterys & to the fire of the sharp shooters who were watching our movements. </i></p><p><b><i>When the Regt entered the engagement on the 1st inst it numbered 17 officers & 369 enlisted men. We report at the present time 9 officers & 120 enlisted men. </i></b><i>Capt. Wilson French is the </i>6 <i>only officer known to have been taken prisoner he was wounded in the engagement of the first inst & we are not aware of his being paroled</i>"</p><p><b>Historical Background </b></p><p>The Battle of Gettysburg fought July 1-3 1863 was a major turning point in the Civil War. Over the course of three grueling days Union Major General George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac beat back desperate attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia including the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" on July 3. The Union victory ended Lee's short-lived invasion of the North.</p><p>Many soldiers of the 17th Connecticut had been stung by criticisms leveled at their unit after the Battle of Chancellorsville where the corps was surprised and driven from the field with a flank attack by Stonewall Jackson. As Brady reports here events on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg were eerily similar to Chancellorsville. On July 1 their regiment was again divided outnumbered and outflanked by the same Confederate unit as it had been at Chancellorsville although this time under command of Richard Ewell. As he drove the Connecticut soldiers from the field and through the streets of Gettysburg on the first day of fighting Union Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Fowler was killed. In a disciplined retreat that evening the 17th Connecticut fell back and was posted near the center of the Union line on Cemetery Hill near a stone wall. Their position where the Union lines' "fishhook" curved southeastward toward Culp's Hill exposed them to murderous crossfire from Confederate artillery on three sides. The unit sustained high casualties for the next two days; of the unit's 386 men at Gettysburg 20 were killed 81 wounded and 96 reported missing. Brady himself was wounded by a shell fragment on July 2.</p><p>The regiment performed heroic service on the second day of the battle protecting Cemetery Hill from the attacks of Jubal Early's division specifically Harry Hays's brigade of "Louisiana Tigers." The 17th Connecticut then withstood the Confederate bombardment of July 3 spending much of the day trading shots with sharpshooters in town. Brady's report in slightly revised and expanded form is reprinted in <i>Official Records</i> Series 1 Vol. 27 Chap. 39 Part 1 pp. 716-719. In closing there Brady said "The regiment behaved gallantly. No troops in the world behaved better. Both officers and men are deserving of great credit for their coolness and bravery throughout the entire three days' battle."</p><p><b>Allen G. Brady </b>1822-1905 was from Torrington Connecticut. He enlisted in May 1861 as part of the 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment. In August 1862 he was commissioned into the 17thConnecticut Volunteers. Brady was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel for his valor at the Battle of Chancellorsville just two months before Gettysburg. There Brady assumed command after the colonel and lieutenant colonel of his regiment each fell. Brigadier General Charles Devens commended Brady in his official report stating "The Seventeenth Connecticut under command of Major Brady – its colonel having been wounded and lieutenant-colonel killed – was in fact rallied and reformed in their positions." In October 1863 Brady was discharged for disability presumably from his wound suffered at Gettysburg three months previous. He was mustered into the Veteran Reserve Corps and served as Provost-General at the Point Lookout Union Prison Camp in 1864. He was brevetted Colonel in August 1865.</p>
Bookseller reference : 21808
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Mexican American War
STATE OF MAINE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AUGUSTA MAY 29 1846. TO THE CITIZENS OF MAINE.STATE OF MAINE. HEAD QUARTERS AUGUSTA MAY 29 1846. GENERAL ORDER.caption title
Augusta Me 1846. 2pp. on bifolium sheet of blue paper. Printed on recto of each leaf only. Early soft creases from folding. Tiny separations at cross-folds. Small bit of discoloration on second page. Very good. Message of Maine governor H.J. Anderson and a general order from Alfred Redington Commander in Chief of the Maine militia calling volunteers to arms in the Mexican- American War. Anderson explains that "the repeated and long continued efforts of the National Government to effect an amicable settlement of the differences with the government of Mexico have unfortunately proved unavailing" resulting in the American declaration of war. Anderson notes that the President has requested one regiment of infantry from Maine and writes that he has no doubt "that the patriotic citizens of this State will promptly respond to the call of the general government for aid in defending any portion of its territory." Redington's general order lists the positions in the infantry volunteer corps being assembled and transmits instructions for volunteers. "Maine although distant from the scene of the conflict will be as prompt as any of her sister States in repelling the forces of the invader. Her patriotic citizens will be as ready to vindicate rights upon the Rio Grande as upon their own immediate territory. Their love of country knows no section but embraces the entire boundaries of the Republic" - Redington. unknown
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STOWE Harriet Beecher
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. ca. 1914. Young Folk's edition. Hardcover. Good. Blanche Fisher Wright. Quarto 64pp. clothbacked chromolithographed covers acidic paper rehinged <br/><br/>Book no. 182 Not found in Hildreth. Color frontispiece by Blanche Fisher Wright Black & white illustrations by E. Thatcher M. A. Donohue & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO015885I
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Haining, Peter
The Banzai Hunters. The Forgotten Armada of Little Ships That Defeated the Japanese 1944-45
London: Robson Books. 2006. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 191 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback. Robson Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB238198 ISBN : 1861059418 9781861059413
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Persico Joseph
Piercing the Reich
London: Michael Joseph. 1979. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Endpaper maps. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 376pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Michael Joseph hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB10185 ISBN : 0718117832 9780718117832
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Longo, Don [Edited and with comments by]
Pens and Bayonets. Letters from the Front by soldiers of Yorke Peninsula South Australia during the Great War
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2018. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 326 pages. The editor has gathered many of the letters back home from rural soldiers from South Australia's Yorke Peninsula and set them against their historical context in order to bring the soldiers back to life. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB303061 ISBN : 1743056109 9781743056103
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Mexican American War
BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO APRIL 17th & 18th 1847 FROM SURVEYS MADE BY MAJOR TURNBULL & CAPT. McCLELLAN. TOPL. ENGS. DRAWN BY CAPT. McCLELLAN
Washington D.C 1847. Engraved map 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches with hand- coloring on a 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 inch sheet. Old folds. Small splits at four cross-folds. Foxing. Good. A scarce and detailed map of the Battle of Cerro Gordo one of the important battles of the Mexican-American War. General Winfield Scott's victory at Cerro Gordo over a much larger force commanded by Santa Anna allowed the Americans to move closer to Mexico City. The map shows the location of the Mexican battery at the pass as well as an additional Mexican battery of seventeen guns. Most dynamically it shows the location of several American forces including those commanded by Shields Riley Twiggs Worth and Pillow as well as the location of the American dragoons and light artillery. A printed note below the map records that Scott commanded some 8325 men while Santa Anna had twice that under his command. A further note records a total of sixty-three Americans killed and 367 wounded. The Mexican forces took some 1000 in killed and wounded. The map was drawn by George B. McClellan then a captain under Winfield Scott and a participant in the battle some fifteen years before he achieved notoriety as a commander in the Civil War and as the Democratic nominee for president in 1864 unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM43715
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McPherson, James M.
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief
Penguin Press 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> Penguin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 367506 ISBN : 1594204977 9781594204975
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Rochlin Fred
Old Man in a Baseball Cap: a Memoir of World War II
NY: Harper Collins 1999. Remainder marked across the bottom edge else textblock is very clean and tight; Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed; Dust jacket in mylar lightly edge and corner worn and rubbed 146p. First Edition/ First Printing. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover. Harper Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EW6304 ISBN : 006019426X 9780060194260
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Dunlop EE. E. E.
The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop: Java and the Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1945
Melbourne: Viking. 1989. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 401pages. . Reprint. Hardback. Viking hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB321631 ISBN : 0670829749 9780670829743
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Juan Luis Guerra
Mudanza Y Acarreo
UsedLikeNew. Audio cassette unknown
Bookseller reference : 53KOX0000A85
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Forczyk, Robert
Panther Vs T-34 Ukraine 1943
Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd 2007. immaculate and tight textblock and covers; Lightly edge-worn; 80p. including index. 3rd Printing. Glossy Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Photos. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Osprey Publishing Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 24223 ISBN : 1846031494 9781846031496
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Benet, Stephen Vincent
Gettysburg: High Water Mark of the Confederacy
Eastern National Park and Monument Association 1963. Colorfully illustrated with photographs textblock is clean and tight. Staples are sound and secure; Minor edge wear; Unpaginated. Reprint. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by James R. Dunlop photography by. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Eastern National Park and Monument Association Paperback
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Head Natt compliments of
Report Of the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire for the Year Ending May 20 1865: Vol. I
Concord NH: Amos Hadley State Printer 1865. Volume I ONLY; Previous owner's stamp on fep blind-embossed seal on ffep; Edge-stained end pages; Light age stains throughout else textblock clean and tight. All edges dust-soiled; Large ink-stain along the fore edge not affecting interior pages; Moderately worn binding large chip at bottom edge of spine. 747p.; Reports of New Hampshire's First through Eighth Infantry Regiments from three years of fighting in the American Civil War up to June 1st 1865. Includes all members of the regiments those who re-enlisted were injured and discharged or returned to duty and those killed or missing in action; Extensive reports on battles fought health of the troops pay provisions and all manner of military details. . First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. Illus. by Charts & Figures. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Amos Hadley, State Printer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SJ9368
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Harwell, Richard B.
The Union Reader
Seacaucus N. J.: Blue and Gray Press 1958. very good/very good Hardcover . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue and Gray Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 171203-MYB609 ISBN : 0890098778 9780890098776
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Shaara, Michael
The Killer Angels
NY: Ballantine Books 1996. Textblock clean and tight map by Don Pitcher; Lightly creased corners minimally shelf worn; 374p. including afterword. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Don Pitcher Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Ballantine Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : SB16149 ISBN : 034540727X 9780345407276
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Various
Call to Arms - A Collection of Classic War Stories
London: Octopus 1984. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 346 pages. This exciting anthology combines in one volume many of the best war stories ever written both real-life and fictional. From the romantic grandeur of the Napoleonic era to the dehumanising horrors of the two World Wars from Europe to Africa. Authors include Robert Graves Nicholas Monsarrat Alistair Maclean H.G. Wells Leo Tolstoy H.E. Bates Norman Mailer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST A1E. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Octopus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011259 ISBN : 0706419642 9780706419641
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Bory, Jean-Louis
Fragile
London: Staples Press 1951. Gold title on red cloth boards which have a small mark to spine gentle bumping to corner tips and no wear. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges else clean tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a small loss to spine centre wear to edges some tape repairs and marks to back and is not price clipped. Translated by E.W. Dickes and Francois Duchene. Madeleine Robert like so many of the post-war generation is faced with the task of building her life anew - a few clothes the memory of the man she loved her own scarred hands are her pathetic legacy; but with blind courage she struggles against overwhelming odds to recapture the happiness she once knew. In a world of sordid reality of hectic gaiety of black marketeers and ubiquitous American soldiery Madeleine's story unfolds. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staples Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007608
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Kidd, John
A Light in the Darkness
Lewes East Sussex: The Book Guild 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. As Teddy Bowman unearths the secret of his grandfather's long lost war diaries an incredible tale of hardship and heroism love and longing emerges. Corporal George Bowman is a stretcher bearer in the Royal Army Medical Corps on the beleaguered battlefields of the Somme in 1916 who gains a reputation as a selfless soldier saving countless lives in the face of extraordinary adversity. Highly decorated for his bravery George returns from the front with a string of medals a permanent disability and a deep rooted sense of the futility of war. PLEASE NOTE : A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Book Guild Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005010
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Kanon, Joseph
The Good German
London: Little Brown 2002. A near Fine unmarked copy Fine apart from a small mark to lower closed edge with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in Berlin in 1945 where in Potsdam on the outskirts of the city Churchill Stalin and Truman are meeting to map out the future but as the leaders arrive for a celebratory banquet a body is washed up on the shore of the conference grounds. What is a US soldier doing in a Russian quarter with a pouch full of Occupation marks and a bullet hole in his chest For journalist Jake Geismar part of the American press corps the murder of Lieutenant Tully is the story he is looking for where he can use his crime investigation skills. Jake has another reason to stay in Berlin as he wants to find his former lover Lena Brandt and his investigations reveal that Tully was responsible for Lena's husband Emil an eminent German scientist. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 21. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004087 ISBN : 0316851965 9780316851961
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Holmes, Ronald (edited by)
Macabre Military Stories
London: Leo Cooper 1979. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good dustjacket. A collection of 13 ghost stories each with a military setting featuring stories by :- Washington Irving Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Barbara Softly John Galt B.W. Savile James Grant Capt. George Eliot Arthur Machen C.E. Montague Robert Bloch Seabury Quinn Robert Sheckley. 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leo Cooper Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003758
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Reeman, Douglas
The Iron Pirate / In Danger's Hour / Killing Ground
London: Chancellor Press 1994. First collected edition. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with near Fine dustjacket. Three authentic novels of the gruelling sea camapigns of the Second World War in one volume. The Iron Pirate is set in the last year of the war as Germany faces defeat on all fronts and the heavy cruiser Prinz Luitpold is keeping German naval pride alive. In Danger's Hour the fate of the British fleet minesweeper Rob Roy is followed during the desperate months between the summer of 1943 and D-Day from the English Channel to the Mediterranean. In Killing Ground the story is seen through the eyes of both German and British of those who fought to protect and destroy the vital trans-Atlantic convoys of the Merchant Navy. C3A. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chancellor Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002310 ISBN : 1851527141 9781851527144
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PONTOLILLO, James
MURDEROUS ELITE: The Waffen-SS and its complete record of War Crimes
Stockholm: Leandoer & Ekholm 2009. Second edition. The author has indexed every single war crime committed by the notorious Waffen-SS during the war years 1939-1945. As well as the actual atrocities the book also covers the actual Waffen-SS units and individuals involved. 479 pages. 2 maps and many b/w photographs. Laminated pictorial boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Hardcover. New/New. 26.5 Cm x 20 Cm. Leandoer & Ekholm Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23105 ISBN : 9185657026 9789185657025
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MOOR, Anthony J.
RAF WEST MALLING: The RAF's First Night Fighter Airfield - WWII to the Cold War
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Air World 2019. 439 pages xi prelims. Many b/w photographs. Black boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 24 Cm x 16.5 Cm. Pen & Sword Air World Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23109 ISBN : 1526753235 9781526753236
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Grey Jeffrey
The War With The Ottoman Empire The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War Volume 2
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 2015. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. x 238 pages. The war with the Ottoman Empire was not only a war between great empires but was also a war of empire and the furthering of European imperial interests; its aftermath laid the foundations of the modern Middle East. This book examines the involvement of Australians in this part of the Great War in a wider context to uncover the real importance of these complex events and Australia's part in them. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB322280 ISBN : 0195576764 9780195576764
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Rose, C. A.
Three Years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes In The Life Of A Field Battery.
Teddington: Wildhern Press. 2007. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 70 pages. Originally 'penned' in 1919. . 322336. Softcover. Wildhern Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB322337
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KOCH, Stephen
HITLER'S SCAPEGOAT: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust
Stroud: Amberley 2019. The story of Herschel Grynszpan a young Polish Jew who murdered a German diplomat in Paris on 7th November 1938. This event was used by the Nazis as a pretext to encourage the pogrom known as Kristallnacht two days later. 259 pages 10 prelims. 8 pages of b/w photographs. Black boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 24 Cm x 16 Cm. Amberley Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23091 ISBN : 1445689502 9781445689500
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McENTEE-TAYLOR, Carole
A History of COALHOUSE FORT: On Guard for 555 Years
Barnsley: Pen & Sword History 2018. An in-depth history of Coalhouse Fort near East Tilbury in Essex with particular focus on the fort's role in both the First and Second World Wars. 184 pages viii prelims. Many b/w photographs and other illustrations. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 24 Cm x 16 Cm. Pen & Sword History Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23095 ISBN : 1526701391 9781526701398
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Claringbould, Michael John
Nemoto's Travels. The illustrated saga of a Japanese floatplane pilot in the first year of the Pacific War
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2021. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. MINT - a NEW copy. "Graphic novel style" publication but historically accurate. Colour illustrations. 119 pages. An illustrated diary dating from the early months of the Pacific War and offering an intimate perspective of his life along with insights into Japanese thinking of the times. These memoirs are presented in a style consistent with Japanese manga. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover. Avonmore Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB315522 ISBN : 0648926257 9780648926252
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GOSS, Chris
HEINKEL He 111: The Early Years - Fall of France Battle of Britain and The Blitz Air War Archive
Barnsley: Frontline Books 2017. 146 pages xiii prelims. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. Paperback. New. 24.5 Cm x 19 Cm. Frontline Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 12088 ISBN : 1848324839 9781848324831
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US Secretary of War./ Adjutant-General's Office.
Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army. for the Years 1861 '62 '63. '64 '65.
Van Sickle 1987. 1987. 9 vols. Facsimile reprint of 1865. Each volume covers a different geographical area. Blue leather. Heavy set. Three volumes still in shrink wrap. As New Set. Hardcover. As New. Book. Van Sickle, 1987. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 78-764 ISBN : 0943261031 9780943261034
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Brophy, Patrick
Bushwhackers of the Border: The Civil War Period in Western Missouri : A Summary and Appraisal Second Revised Editionl
Electronic Privacy Information 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. Second revised edition. No markings of any kind. Appears like new. Ships within 24 hours. <br/> <br/> Electronic Privacy Information paperback
Bookseller reference : 20046945 ISBN : 1893046028 9781893046023
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Catton, Bruce.
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Doubleday & Company 1951. Good Hardcover with dustjacket . Hardcover. Good/Good. Doubleday & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 180115-MYB12
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Rozwenc, Edwin C. (ed.)
The Causes of the American Civil War
<p>D.C. Heath and Company 1966. Good paperback Problems in American Civilization. Trade Paperback. Good.</p> D.C. Heath and Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 170512-MG10
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Suehr, Richard. Lt. Col. (retired); Nakireru, Omoviekovwa A. (by)
The Fighter Pilot Who Refused to Die: The Authorized Biography of Lt. Col. ret Richard Suehr
Lincoln NE: iUniverse Inc. 2003. Signed and inscribed in ink by both the author and Richard Suehr. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers are edge-scuffed and dog-eared at the corners; 285p. Signed & Inscribed By Author & Richard Suehr. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by B&W Photographs/Charts. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. iUniverse, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : SB8778 ISBN : 0595289940 9780595289943
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Schildt, John W.
Four Days in October
Privately Published 1978. Owners name ink-stamped on ffep. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn; some light surface soiling on front cover. 71p. Blue Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Black and White Photos. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback. Privately Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : EW1693
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Street AG. A. G.
From Dusk till Dawn
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1943. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price clipped DJ has unsightly stains from poorly applied tape to the interior mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Two tiny stains from same tape to lower corner of front pastedown and upper corner of rear pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 136 pages. Records the story of the Home Guard from its birth to the mature and efficient force of 1943. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . reprint. Hardback. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB322285
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Read, John L.
Dear Grandpa Why Reflections from Kokoda to Hiroshima
Mile End SA: Wakefield Press. 2018. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183 pages. Edward Tompson Mobsby father of twin baby girls volunteered for war service and was shot down by the Japanese in New Guinea in 1942. The author's quest for an apology for the death of his grandfather took him and his family from suburban Australia to a startling discovery in the mighty Owen Stanley Ranges and on to Hiroshima. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB321762 ISBN : 1743055765 9781743055762
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Katcher, Philip
Union Cavalryman 1861-1965 Warrior Series 13
London: Osprey 1995. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn. 64p. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Richard Hook. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Osprey Paperback
Bookseller reference : EW937 ISBN : 1855324628 9781855324626
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Pegler Martin
US Cavalryman 1865-1890 Warrior Series 4
Oxford UK: Osprey 1993. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge worn. 64p. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Christa Hook Peter Sarson and David Sque. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Osprey Paperback
Bookseller reference : EW966 ISBN : 1855323192 9781855323193
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Morrison, Wilbur H.
Point of No Return; the Story of the 20th Air Force
NY: Times Books 1979. owner's name& address label on ffep else textblock is clean and tight. lightly rubbed price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear. 278pp.; including epilogue and index. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Times Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SJ7265 ISBN : 0812907388 9780812907384
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ROSIGNOLI Guido
R.S.I.
Parma IT: Ermanno Albertelli Editore 1998 . Hardcover. Fine. 4to 119 pagespublisher;s laminated white pictorial boards; inked name on endpaper <br/><br/>Text with photographs followed by 36 Tables and Plates in color. Ermanno Albertelli Editore hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2020034 ISBN : 888590906x 9788885909069
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Grehan, John & Mace, Martin [Introduced and Compiled by]
Gallipoli and the Dardanelles 1915-1916
Barnsley UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 2014. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 182 pages. Despatches from the front. Commanding Officers' reports from the Field and at Sea. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Pen & Sword Books Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB289519 ISBN : 1781593442 9781781593448
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Wyeth, John Allan
That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Louisiana State University Press 1989. Soft cover. Fine. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> Louisiana State University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 367470 ISBN : 0807115789 9780807115787
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Nigel H. Jones
The War Walk: A Journey Along The Western Front
Robert Hale 1983. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback 1983 with unclipped jacket. Ex library book only one stamp to front endpaper otherwise no other library markings. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges and a touch faded to spine; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; text maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Robert Hale hardcover
Bookseller reference : 230775 ISBN : 0709011741 9780709011743
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Joseph Murray
Call To Arms: From Gallipoli To The Western Front
William Kimber 1980. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback 1980 with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed to edges and faded to spine; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. William Kimber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 230776 ISBN : 0718302974 9780718302979
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