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Sinden, Harry
Hockey Showdown: The Canada-Russia Hockey Series - The Inside Story
126 pages. Black and white photos. "In the fall of 1972 hockey history was made when a Canadian team consisting of NHL professionals finally met the Russian national team in the world series of hockey. Team Canada was the overwhelming favourite and Canadians had waited for years for the chance to prove their hockey superiority." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else book clean and sound with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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SINGER, Kurt - Traduit de l'anglais par M. GAUCHER
Espions et traîtres de la IIe Guerre Mondiale. (Spies and traitors of World War II)
1946 Editions Arthaud - 1946 - In-8, broché sous papier cristal - 327 pages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111548
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Singer, Kurt D
Die im Schatten blieben.
Hamburg : Xenos-Verl.-Ges., [1981]. 268 S. 8°. OPpbd. (Leinenstruktur!) mit Rückengoldpräg. u. SU.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9919
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Singer, Peter W
Die Kriegs-AGs. Über den Aufstieg der privaten Militärfirmen. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Karl Heinz Siber.
Frankfurt am Main, Zweitausendeins Verlag, 2006.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 248852
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SINGH Brigadier Rajendra
History of the Indian Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, binding tender else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate and stamps on front paste-down and free endpapers. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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Singh, Simon
Geheime Botschaften : die Kunst der Verschlüsselung von der Antike bis in die Zeiten des Internet. Aus dem Engl. von Klaus Fritz
München ; Wien : Hanser, 2000. 475 S. : Ill. Orig.-Pp.; Orig.-Schutzumschlag.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1245958
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Singh, Simon
Geheime Botschaften : die Kunst der Verschlüsselung von der Antike bis in die Zeiten des Internet. Aus dem Engl. von Klaus Fritz
München ; Wien : Hanser, 2000. 475 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ; 22 cm Pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48822
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Singlaub, Major John K, US Army (Ret.); With Malcolm McConnell
Hazardous Duty: An American Soldier in the Twentieth Century Signed
NY: Summit Books 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Presentation copy inscribed by Singlaub To Bob Kovalchik with best wishes.20 Nov '91. Kovalchik is a docent at the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum. Fine in a fine dustjacket. box 76 <br/> <br/> Summit Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 012942 ISBN : 0671705164 9780671705169
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Singlaub, John K.; McConnell, Malcolm
Hazardous Duty : An American Soldier in the Twentieth Century
574 pages including index and many black and white photographs. The epic autobiography of one of America's greatest soldiers. Recounts his exploits over four decades of unconventional warfare, espionage, covert missions, and frontline action in recent history's pivotal theatres: World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Vietnam War, and most recently the war in Nicaragua. A highly decorated OSS officer who became a founding member of the CIA, Singlaub here draws on recently declassified records and original interviews with military and government leaders, as well as his own experiences, to vividly describe details of key covert missions which have never before made public. "An exciting story... Singlaub was the Cold Warrior incarnate." - Los Angeles Times Unmarked. Light wear and rubbing to glossy illustrated covers. Solid attractive copy. Book
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SIOC'HAN DE KERSABIEC , JEAN MARIE ANGELIQUE, VICOMTE, Général commandant la cavalerie du 3 eme cops de l'armée catholique et royale de Vendée [NANTES]
LETTRE DU GENERAL VICOMTE SIOC'HAN DE KERSABIEC AU COMTE DE BRUC LIVERNIERE, LUI ANNONCANT SA PROMOTION DE COMMANDANT, CHEF DE DIVISION PAR INTERIM POUR MAISDON EN PLUS DE CELLE DE LA CHAPELLE(HEULIN), NANTES, LE 10 Septembre 1826
1826 un document Original Authentique de deux feuillets, manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné crème Filigrané (à la "coquille St Jacques" L.A.B.) , format :25,5 centimètres de HAUT par 20 centimètres de LARGE, à Nantes le 10 Septembre 1826, adressée au verso à Monsieur le Comte De Bruc, Ancien Chef de la Divisin de la chapelle (heulin) et par Intérim de celle de Maisdon etc... à la Chapelle Heulin,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18353
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Siola, V. (= Alois Veltzé)
Der Leutnant. Ein militärischer Leidensweg. In zierliche Reime gebracht von V. Siola. Illustriert von K. Roland.
Wien, Stern 1906. 39 S., mit zahlr. Zeichn., farb. ill. OBRosch., stärker abgegriffen, Gebrauchsspuren, Umschlagecken mit kleinen Abrissen.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : MILI0702
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SIPAHI ÇATALTEPE.
19. yüzyil baslarinda Avrupa dengesi ve Nizam-i Cedid ordusu.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 296 p. 19. yüzyil baslarinda Avrupa dengesi ve Nizam-i Cedid ordusu. European diplomacy in the early 19th century and Turkish Nizam-i Cedid army. The Nizam-i Cedid Army refers to the new military establishment of the Nizam-i Cedid reform program. The Nizam-i Cedid army was largely a failure in its own time, but proved to be a much more effective infantry force than the Janissaries. After losing the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 in 1792 to Austria and Russia, Selim III concluded that Ottoman military was in serious need of reform if the empire was to survive. As a result, he began implementing a series of reforms aimed at reorganizing the military after the fashion of European militaries. This included the usage of European training tactics, weapons, and even officers. These reforms troubled the Janissaries, who were suspicious and unreceptive towards the reforms. To this end, Selim III created the Nizam-i Djedid in 1797 in order to develop a replacement for the Janissaries. By 1806 this new army stood 26,000 men strong, equipped with a French-style uniforms, European weapons, and a modern artillery corps. Due to their distinctly modern nature, the army was named Nizam-i-Cedid, which has the meaning, in Turkish, of 'New Order.'
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Sir Alured Clarke (1744-1832), British army officer in the American War of Independence; Governor of Jamaica; Lieutenant-Governo
Alured Clarke British army officer in the American War of Independence Autograph Note Signed "Alured Clarke" to "Mr Baker" "Tailor near Covent Garden" from docket
Mansfield Street London 8 Dec. 1807. One page 12mo bifolium docketed with names etc of the sender "Gen. Sir A. Clarke" and recipient of letter on p.4 a small part of which is stuck to p.2 separated from the other docketing. Text clear and complete. A mysterious further note appears above the letter text "Entd. OB 236". He says: The bearer George one of my Servants is so much grown that he cannot wear his Blue Livery Coat and Red Waistcoat. You must therefore let them former elided sufficiently in the Body & Sleeves; and lengthen the latter at the Cuffs to make them long enough - Pray do this in the best manner you can and as soon as possible." Mansfield Street, [London], 8 Dec. 1807. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21422
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Sir Charles Yorke (1790-1880), General in the British Army:
Autograph Signature on part of document
Date and place not stated. A piece of laid paper roughly 8 x 20 cm cut from a document by an autograph collector. Yorke's signature large 4.5 x 7 cm and bold is in the bottom right-hand corner. The surviving text is in a secretary's hand and reads: '<.> of Our Reign. By His Majesty's Command. <signed> C Yorke Our Trusty and Wellbeloved William Gordon Esqr General in Our Army & Col of Our 71st Highland Regiment of Foot or to the Officer appointed by him to raise Men for Our said Regiment'. According to Yorke's entry in the Oxford DNB 'In May 1854 he succeeded Colonel Airey as military secretary at headquarters in England and consequently did not serve in the Crimea. As military secretary he was responsible for much of the paperwork at military headquarters in London.' Date and place not stated. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8192
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Sir Charles A. Elton Sir Charles Abraham Elton; Sir C. A. Elton 1778 1853 English army officer author and translator John Tayl
Autograph Letter Signed 'Charles A. Elton' from Sir Charles Abraham Elton to John Taylor editor of the 'London Magazine' submitting a contribution on 'Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice' and discussing his own and other contributions.
'Clifton Bristol. August 16th.' 1821. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Addressed by Elton on reverse of second leaf to 'John Taylor Esq.' Taylor had assumed the editorship of the London Magazine on the death by duel of John Scott in February 1821. Elton begins by informing Taylor that he has 'not been able yet to manage the Batrachomyomachia to my mind'. Elton's translation of 'The Battle of the Frogs and Mice' would appear anonymously in the issue of October 1821 as the second of a series named 'Leisure Hours'. He has instead 'sent some chit-chat to serve as an introduction'. 'On Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice' appeared in September 1821 as the first of the series. He intends this as 'the first of occasional desultory papers of criticism poetry or the like: a specimen or two of the Battle of Frogs may form the second of the series'. Changing the subject he now declines two books Taylor has sent him to review: he feels that too much has already been said about Madame de Stael and he has 'already administered the ferula to her somewhat roughly'. He is 'equally diffident about Bonaparte's literary character' and asks whether 'Mr Hazlitt or Leigh Hunt' are not 'the fittest men to undertake it'. He feels that to 'enter fully' into Taylor's 'plan relative to the Monthly Literature seems to require the interchange of sentiments in conversation' and that this is 'one of the disadvantages of a periodical contributor residing in the country'. He suspects that 'a London domicile' is 'necessary for the convenient and ready arrangement and execution of this sort of monthly summary'. He has been 'thinking of some regular supply of poetry translated or original independent of the incidental passages in the Leisure Hours' but has not yet 'ascertained either my plan or my powers'. In the first part of a postscript he asks 'What is Knickerbocker Washington Irving & is he worth reviewing' This appears to be a reference to a footnote to the 'Epistle to Elia' by 'OLEN' published in the August 1821 issue of the London Magazine; the footnote also discusses two readings of that poem thanks Taylor 'for the Magazine' and ends 'It is a pity the writer who so ably reviewed Crabbe does not continue his "Series of Living Poets." 'Clifton [Bristol]. [August?] 16th.' [1821]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11704
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SIR CHRISTOPHER TEESDALE [1833-1893] Army Officer and Courtier.
Portrait Photograph of Teesdale Three Quarter Length seated by W. & D. Downey.
Carbon print mounted from "Cabinet Portrait Gallery" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW15646
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Sir Daniel Lysons (1816-1898), English army officer:
Sir Daniel Lysons English army officer Autograph Note Signed 'D. Lysons.' to unnamed publisher.
11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square London S.W. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly-aged paper. Large bold signature. He has 'no present intention of publishing any book on his career'. It may be that the correspondence planted a seed as three years after the writing of this note Lysons published 'Early Reminiscences' John Murray 1896. 11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square, London S.W. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7948
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Sir Edward Blakeney 1778 1868 Field Marshal in the British Army Commander in Chief in Ireland Royal Hospital Chelsea; Sir Jam
Sir Edward Blakeney Field Marshal. Autograph Letter Signed 'E. Blakeney' to Folington regarding Sir John Wilson and an application from 'Mr Ferrier' of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Chelsea Royal Hospital Chelsea. 16 January 1863. 2pp 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged with strip of paper from mount adhering at foot of reverse. The recipient's name is not decipherable but he appears to have been a royal equerry. Blakeney hopes that he 'got safe home last night' and thanks him 'for giving me the pleasure of your Company'. He is enclosing a letter from Sir John Wilson 1780-1856 'who is forwarding an application from Mr Ferrier the Quarter Master of this Establishment in favour of an application to obtain admission into the Cambridge '. He asks if he 'might take an opportunity of showing it to His Royal Highness'. He ends by describing Ferrier as 'an excellent man' who 'can be fully depended upon in the opinion he has given'. Chelsea [Royal Hospital, Chelsea]. 16 January 1863. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21987
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Sir Edward Spears (major Général)
Pétain De Gaulle 1917 - 1940 - deux hommes qui ont sauvé la France
Presses de la cité 1966 in8. 1966. Cartonné jaquette.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100069518
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Sir Eugen Millington-Drake
La fin du Graf Spee
ROBERT LAFFONT 1968 249 pages in8. 1968. Broché couverture rempliée. 249 pages. Le livre retrace minute par minute la dernière bataille du cuirassé de poche allemand Graf Spee de son premier accrochage avec l'escadre britannique jusqu'à son sabordage et le suicide de son commandant le 17 décembre 1939
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14380
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Sir Eugen Millington-drake
La fin du Graf Spee - ce jour là: 17 décembre 1939
Robert laffont 1968 in8. 1968. Broché.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100063641
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Sir Fenwick Williams [General Sir William Fenwick Williams] (1800-1883), British Army officer who led the defence of Kars during
Sir Fenwick Williams General Fenwick Williams British Army officer - led the defence of Kars Crimean War; London Library Autograph Letter Signed to Sir George Cornewall Lewis asking him to support the election of E.H. Nolan as below.
‘Woolwich April 7th. 1857.’. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Signed ‘W F Williams’ and docketed by the recipient ‘Sir Fenwick Williams of Kars’. Written while Lewis was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Palmerston's government. Begins: ‘Dear Sir Cornewall / I take the liberty of asking you for your influence for Dr. Nolan as Secretary & Librarian of the London Library’. He explains that Nolan is ‘the Author of the “History of the War with Russia†and is the author of many articles in the Press and various Periodicals in favor of the present Government & Lord Palmerston.’ Nolan is ‘personally known’ to Williams and if Lewis can assist him in his election or nomination’ he will be much obliged. Nolan is an obscure figure. He did not succeed in his application. ‘Woolwich April 7th. 1857.’ unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25617
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Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Bt. (1861-1953), Army officer & colonial governor:
Wingate Signature with another word "F.R. Wingate" Colonial Governor.
No place or date surviving. Paper clipped from letter c.8 x 2cm tipped onto larger piece of paper good condition. No place or date surviving. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10023
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Sir Frederick Maurice [Sir John Frederick Maurice] (1841-1912), army officer and military theoretician and historian [Colonel Fr
Sir Frederick Maurice army officer and military theoretician. Autograph Letter Signed to Col. H. L. Oldham regarding a letter by Sir John Moore and personal matters.
Circa 1904 Bowden Two Mile Ash Horsham. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item was probably written around the time of his 1904 edition of the diary of Sir John Moore. 3pp 12mo Thirty-three lines of text on bifolium of grey paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Folded once. Annotated in red ink at head of first page: ‘Sir Frederick Maurice on Sir John Moore HLO had sent him a copy of a letter of Sir J. Moore fr. among the family Autographs.' Addressed to ‘Oldham’ and signed ‘F. Maurice’. He thanks him for sending Moore’s letter to Napoleon’s jailor Sir Hudson Lowe with reference to the Lowe correspondence in the British Museum. He elucidates the references in the letter: ‘The Corps is certainly the Corsicans. Gordon is the Military Secy. The reference is to Ferrol. Murati is an officer of the Corsican Rangers.’ He goes on to discuss one of Oldham’s suggestions about which he is not certain before turning to personal reminiscences: ‘I remember very well your being at the camp though I am ashamed to say I had forgotten in which battery you were.’ Should Oldham ever be ‘in the neighbourhood of West Kensington’ he hopes he will ‘look us up at 9 Gwendur sic Road’’ The Maurices will be returning to that ‘tiny’ house in three weeks and although ‘there is not much to tempt’ Oldham he will be welcome. [Circa 1904?] Bowden, Two Mile Ash, Horsham. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24254
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SIR GALBRAITH LOWRY COLE [1772-1842] Irish Army Officer and Politician.
Engraved Portrait of Lowry Cole Half Length in uniform after Sir Thomas Lawrence by C. Picart.
Stipple engraving from 'Contemporary Portraits' Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole served with distinction in the Peninsular War. He became Governor of Mauritius and then Cape Colony. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW17920
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Sir George Thomas Napier (1784-1855), distinguished British army officer who served in the Peninsular War and commanded the army
Sir George Thomas Napier distinguished soldier. Autograph Letter Signed 'Geo. Napier' to 'Captn. Hamilton' regarding his request for a position and quoting from a letter from Secretary at War Fox Maule.
Geneva. 11 July 1855. The letter must have been written in 1855 as Fox Maule later Earl of Dalhousie was appointed Secretary of State for War on 8 February of that year and Napier died on 16 September. 4pp 16mo. Bifolium with black border. Loss to part of second leaf caused by removal from mount resulting in loss of a few words of text otherwise in good condition. Begins: 'In consequence of a letter from my Son William of your regt. i.e. the King's Own Scottish Borderers stating your wish to be appointed a Paymaster to the Out Pensioners I wrote to my friend Mr Fox Maule the Secy. at War & herewith give you the answer which I am sorry to say holds out but little prospect of success'. He proceeds to transcribe Fox Maule's letter dated 'War Office 8th. July' adding: 'You had better not depend much upon this but use all other interest you may have in that quarter as the more Irons you have in the fire the better!' He concludes 'Lady Napier joins me in best compliments to Mrs. Hamilton'. In a postscript he asks for Hamilton to give the Napiers' best regards to a 'friend' whose name has been torn away 'at Chatham'. Napier's son Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier 1818-1903 would end his career as Governor of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Geneva. 11 July [1855]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22077
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Sir George Nugent 1st Baronet 1757 1849 Field Marshal in the British Army and Governor of Jamaica Nathaniel Wallich born Nat
Sir George Nugent Field Marshal and Governor of Jamaica. Autograph Letter Signed 'G. Nugent' congratulating the botanist Nathaniel Wallich on gaining financial independence through the post of Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens Calcutta
Westhorpe Westhorpe House Little Marlow Buckinghamshire . 23 June 1848. 3pp. 16mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged worn and creased. See both men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Nugent is delighted to learn of Wallich's 'appointment to the Superintendence of the Botanical Gardens at Calcutta' and is pleased that the post has made Wallich independent: 'I give myself Credit for having confirmed you in the Situation for it was highly favorable to the Company's Interests & I believe the Directors are sensible of it . What a Pleasure it must be to you to see alll your children provided for in such honorable Employment - It is a just Reward for all your Labours & you are fortunate in having adopted England as your Country where you can attend to their Interests'. He thanks him for sending a newspaper 'which reminds me of old Times though I have no longer any Tie in India'. He ends by offering to return any of the documents Wallich has sent him. Westhorpe [ Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire ]. 23 June 1848. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19739
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Sir Gilbert Mackereth 1892 1962 British army officer and diplomat Ernest Frederick Gye 1879 1955 diplomat; Damascus Syria; He
Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Gilbert Mackereth 'Gilbert Mackereth' British Consul at Damascus to Ernest Gye of the Foreign Office on his posting to Tangier and including a discussion of British artists there.
On letterheads of the British Consulate Damascus; 21 January 1933. 8 pp 12mo. In very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to 'Dear Ernest'. He begins by congratulating Gye on his promotion and 'on going to Tangier - a delightful spot'. It is however 'very sad' that Gye's 'guiding hand over our destinies will no longer be there in the Office'. He thanks Gye for his 'kindness' and 'sympathy': 'My path has lain along uneventful ways and it has been an untold solace to feel you did not despise those who had mearly sic to 'stand & wait''. Gye will find Tangier 'the gateway to Morocco' a 'joy' and 'the light there & in the rest of Morocco - it varies a lot will give your brush new elements with which to deal. It was interesting to watch its influence on the paintings of Bishop Henry A.R.A.' Gye will 'no doubt meet the weird but not untalented "Teddy Wolf" who seems to be less eccentric as an artist now than when first he came to Fez in 1928.' He finds Damascus 'curiously reminiscent of its offspring - Fez' and he finds it 'so little changed in ten years apart from the devastations of the Forces bombardment in 1925'. Ends by discussing accommodation. He 'can't bear Mrs. Hole's choice of a house' but hopes to change address. 'I feel strongly at the moment that H.M.G. ought to own all official houses'. On letterheads of the British Consulate, Damascus; 21 January 1933. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11246
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Sir Harry Smith
The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej G.C.B. --- VOLUMES VOL. 1 & 2
John Murray 1901 in8. 1901. Cartonné. 2 volume(s). Cette autobiographie couvre la vie et la carrière militaire du lieutenant-général Sir Harry Smith de 1787 à 1846 incluant ses expériences lors d'engagements militaires majeurs en Europe en Afrique et en Inde. Le récit s'interrompt abruptement pendant la bataille de Sobraon en 1846 et des chapitres supplémentaires par l'éditeur couvrent la période jusqu'à sa mort en 1860
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100147665
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SIR HENRY FREDERICK PONSONBY [1825-1895] Army Officer and Royal Courtier.
Portrait Photograph of Ponsonby Head and Shoulders by W. & D. Downey.
Carbon print mounted from "Cabinet Portrait Gallery" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW15664
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SIR JOHN FREDERICK MAURICE [1841-1912] Army Officer.
Portrait Photograph of Maurice Three-Quarter Length seated by W. & D. Downey.
Carbon print mounted from "Cabinet Portrait Gallery" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW15656
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Sir John Hunt Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt Baron Hunt KG CBE DSO; Lord Hunt 1910 1998 mountaineer and army officer who l
Sir John Hunt Lord Hunt mountaineer leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. Original print of non-commercial colour photograph of Hunt with his Autograph Signature on a label on the reverse.
No date or place. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Colour Kodac print on matte paper: 3 and 3/8 x 5 inches 8.5 x 12.5 cm. In good condition with light indentation of paperclip at head. A smiling elderly Hunt stands with plaid shirt and hands in pockets of brown trousers looking to his right in front of a range of mountains. On the reverse is stuck a label signed ‘John Hunt’. See images. No date or place. unknown
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Sir John Lambert (1772-1847), British Army general in the Napoleonic Wars [Henry Bathurst (1762-1834), 3rd Earl Bathurst; Battle
The Fall of Fort Bowyer to the British following the Battle of New Orleans 1815. Contemporary Manuscript Copy of Autograph Despatch from Major John Lambert to Earl Bathurst describing the action.
'Head Quarters Isle Dauphine February 14th. 1815.' On paper with Golding & Snelgrove watermark dated 1811. 3pp foolscap 8vo. On laid paper with watermark: 'GOLDING & SNELGROVE 1811'. Aged and worn with closed tears along folds but with text complete and clear. The document includes two passages written in red ink which has faded but is still legible. The background to the present letter is given in Lambert's entry in the Oxford DNB: 'On 4 June 1813 Lambert was promoted major-general and was appointed to a brigade of the 6th division. … Having been sent to America he joined the army under Sir Edward Pakenham below New Orleans on 6 January 1815 with the 7th and 43rd foot regiments. In the unsuccessful attack on the American trenches made two days afterwards he commanded the reserve. When Pakenham was killed and General Gibbs mortally wounded the chief command devolved on Lambert. He decided not to renew the attack withdrew the troops which had been sent across the Mississippi and after retreating on 18 January re-embarked his force on the 27th. It went to the Bay of Mobile where Fort Bowyer was taken on 12 February and next day news arrived that peace had been signed.' The letter appears in its entirety in William James's 'A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America' London: 1818. It begins: 'My Lord My dispatch dated January 29th. will have informed your Lordship of the re-embarkation of this force which was completed on the 30th.: the weather came on so bad on that night and continued so until the 5th. February so that no communication could be held with the Ships at the inner anchorage a distance of about seventeen miles It being agreed between Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and myself that operations should be carried towards Mobile it was decided that a force should be sent against Fort Bowyer situated on the eastern point of the entrance of the bay and from every information that could be obtained it was considered a brigade would be sufficient for this object with a respectable force of artillery.' Lambert proceeds to give a description of how following 'an incessant fire for two days' Fort Bowyer was 'given up to a British guard and British colours hoisted; the terms being signed by Major Smith military Secretary and Captain Ricketts R.N. and finally approved of by the Vice Admiral and myself'. He gives full credit to those involved. 'Head Quarters Isle Dauphine | February 14th. 1815.' [On paper with Golding & Snelgrove watermark dated 1811.] unknown
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SIR JOHN PRINGLE [1707-1782] Army Physician and Sanitary Reformer.
Engraved Portrait of Pringle Three Quarter Length facsimile signature below after Reynolds by W. H. Mote.
Stipple engraving from Pettigrew's "Medical Portrait Gallery" 1838-40 some spotting in surround unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW8765
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Sir John W.Wheeler Bennett
Le drame de l'armee allemande
L'air du temps 1955 589 pages in8. 1955. broché. 589 pages.
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Sir Philip Grey Egerton [ Sir Philip Reginald le Belward Grey Egerton, 14th Baronet ] (1885-1962), British Army officer:
Sir Philip Grey Egerton soldier. Autograph Card Signed 'Philip' to 'Colonel Barker' inviting him to 'a table at the Sudan dinner' he is trying to organise.
On his letterheada Oulton Park Tarporley. 21 June 1949. Stamped and postmarked and addressed to 'Colonel Barker Bourchins Lodge Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex'. In fair condition on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'I am trying to get some of the old firm together for a table at the Sudan dinner. I have got Kennedy Cook & wife Griselda Maurice & myself. Would you & your wife join us Yrs ever Philip'. Egerton was with the Sudan Civil Service; and with the 3rd battalion of Shropshire Light Infantry won a 4th clasp of the Order of the Nile. On his letterheada, Oulton Park, Tarporley. 21 June 1949. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18187
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Sir Richard Airey Richard Airey 1st Baron Airey 1803 1881 senior British Army officer remembered for writing out the order fo
Sir Richard Airey: the man who issued the order for the Charge of the Light Brigade. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs. Gardiner’ describing the ‘escape by a miracle’ of ‘Gardiner’ after a dangerous fall from his horse.
29 June 1865; ‘Horseguards’ Horse Guards London. on embossed government letterhead. See his entry in the Oxford DNB: ‘Following Raglan's instructions he wrote out the order which led to the fateful charge of the light brigade on 25 October 1854 but unfortunately in the heat of battle kept no duplicate. Subsequently he had to request a copy from Lieutenant-General Lord Lucan the cavalry division's commander to whom the order was addressed and who strongly resented implications that he was at fault. In writing and in person Airey attempted to placate Lucan reputedly arguing that “it is nothing to Chillianwallahâ€â€™. At the time of writing Airey was Colonel of the 17th Leicestershire Foot. Hart’s Army List does not name any ‘Gardiner’ on his staff. 4pp 12mo. On bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with minor damage at fore-edge of second leaf. Signed ‘Richard Airey’. Minuted on reverse of second leaf. He is ‘so anxious to hear how Gardiner is going on’ that he is sure she will pardon him for troubling her ‘with this line of enquiry’. He is ‘in quiet hopes & belief that he has escaped from his most dangerous fall with only a very severe Shake - requiring only time & rest to be quite right again -’. He was ‘close to him at the moment of the accident’ and was ‘never more alarmed - He appeared to escape by a miracle -’. Gardiner ‘showed the greatest courage - & selfpossession’. Had it not been for those round him he would have ‘remounted & resumed his duties’ ‘directly he came to himself’. ‘He never let go his horse & it was with difficulty he at the last surrendered his bridle!’ He ends in the hope that he will be ‘relieved by one word regarding his state’. 29 June 1865; ‘Horseguards’ [Horse Guards, London.], on embossed government letterhead. unknown
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SIR ROBERT ABERCROMBIE [1740?-1827] Army Officer and Administrator in India.
Engraved Portrait of Abercromby. Head and Shoulders oval by William Holl the elder 1771-1838.
Stipple engraving from Biographical Magazine fine delicate portrait with biographical information in letterpress below. slight foxing on surround unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW15456
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Sir Thomas Myddleton Biddulph (1809-1878) British Army officer and courtier of Queen Victoria, Master of the Household and Keepe
Sir Thomas Myddleton Biddulph Keeper of the Privy Purse under Queen Victoria. Autograph Letter Signed to the painter Joseph Lionel Williams regarding permission to copy royal paintings in Windsor Castle.
‘Windsor Castle / April 16. 1872.’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB together with that of the Williams family. The recipient Joseph Lionel Williams c.1832-1877 was son of the wood-engraver Samuel Williams 1788-1853. 2pp 12mo. On paper with mourning border. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. After apologising in the delay in replying he writes: ‘I am afraid there are no decorations at Windsor Castle suitable for a background for Portraits of the Queen & Prince Consort.’ He will ask if Williams can ‘have permission to copy Portraits of William 3d & Queen Mary’ although he would imagine ‘they are already engraved’. He concludes: ‘I do not think I could obtain leave for you to make a Drawing of the Steel of Charles 1st. as it is locked up.’ ‘Windsor Castle / April 16. 1872.’ unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25938
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Sir William Napier [General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier] (1785-1860), Irish soldier in British Army and military historia
General Sir William Napier Irish soldier historian of the Peninsular War. Autograph Letter Signed 'W N' to 'Macdonald' declining to ask for rank of Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath with resentment towards Admiral Sir William Parker.
'Rotterdam Dec 13' on paper with watermark date 1830. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper with minor traces of tape from mount adhering along one edge. Endorsed 'Genl. Wm. Napier'. On wove paper with watermark 'CANSELL 1830'. The letter - written with energy and some resentment - refers to Admiral Sir William Parker 1781-1866 who was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815. It is headed 'Private & Confidential' and begins: 'My dear Macdonald In reflection I decided not to ask for the rank you suggested because I thought it might be considered a personal favor & not an act which conferred personal dignity on one of the King's Agents & I detest asking for favors especially from persons unwilling to grant them.' He continues: 'Lord Palmeston ought to see & judge himself whether or not the public service is benefitted by such rank being conferred my own belief is that when An Agent goes amongst these Military Nations where Military rank is alone considered the higher the rank of the Agent the easier he can do his duty.' Nevertheless Napier will not ask '& without asking nothing is given in England'. He continues: 'I think I was ill used in not having the 2d Order of the Bath given to me when it was given to Adl. Parker. We were colleagues on the same station he a New Admiral I a Brigadier General with fuller powers than he had for when two Ministers like Asses sent our fleet to Sea where it remained at a great expense from near 2 to the Nation I alone had the Power to call it into the Tagus & did call it into the Tagus on my own responsiblity which act was approved of by the Ministry. However they gave Parker the Bath & not me but I certainly shall not ask for it. Nor have I ever nor shall I ever complain of not having it & say to to you & to you alone in strict Confidence'. 'Rotterdam Dec 13' [on paper with watermark date 1830]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22615
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Sir William Franklin (1763-1833), physician, Principal Inspector-General of Army Hospitals, Fellow of the Royal Society [William
Sir William Franklin FRS. Autograph Letter Signed 'W Franklin' to 'Dr <Marriot>' regarding the election of William Merry Deputy Secretary at War to the Geological Society.
24 Charlotte Streeet Portland Place London. 24 March no year but on paper with watermarked date 1807. 1p. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Dr <Marriot>'. The letter reads: 'Dear Sir Having been requested by Mr Merry the Depy Secretary at War to propose him as a Member of the Geological Society I shall esteem it a favor if you will put your Name to the enclosed Paper & return it to me by the Post.' 24 Charlotte Streeet, Portland Place [London]. 24 March [no year, but on paper with watermarked date 1807]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14891
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SIRON (Commandant) et GAILLARD (Capitaine)
"Les cartes topographiques belges; lecture et emploi pratique en campagne, croquis, reconnaissances, levée à vue, etc."
Paris, Librairie Chapelot, 1922. 14 x 23, 148 pp., 118 figures, broché, bon état (papier légèrement jauni).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 64728
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Sitgreaves, Lorenzo, Captain, US. Army Topographic Engineers U. S.
Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and the Colorado Rivers in 1851
<p>IL: The Rio Grande Press 1962. Hardcover/No DJ; X-Library w/usual markings light wear top spine minor cover soil o/w VG Note: interior pgs clean & unmarked; 1962 Reprint Edition; 19880 pages illustrated with B&W Plates: 24 Landscapes 6 Mammals 6 Birds 20 Reptiles 3 Fishes & 21 Plants; Note: Plate #14 in Landscapes & #2 in Birds are missing & have always been missing according to text; NO map; Index of Scientific Names.</p> The Rio Grande Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7922
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Six generations of clear water and six army guards
Six generations of clear water and six soldiers guard exhibition Chinese Book
Asahi Newspaper Company 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100700 Asahi Newspaper Company paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : KFZZQ100700
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 1
Bibliogov 18-01-2013. paperback. New. 7.44x0.25x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bibliogov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX1288604165 ISBN : 1288604165 9781288604166
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 2
Bibliogov 2013-01-18. paperback. New. 7.44x0.28x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bibliogov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX1288604173 ISBN : 1288604173 9781288604173
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 2
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9781288604173 ISBN : 1288604173 9781288604173
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 1
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9781288604166 ISBN : 1288604165 9781288604166
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 1
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : B9781288604166 ISBN : 1288604165 9781288604166
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Sixth Army
Report of the Leyte Operation: 20 October 1944 - 25 December 1944 Sixth Army Part 2
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : B9781288604173 ISBN : 1288604173 9781288604173
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