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Amyot; Cibot; Kot; Poirot... (Missionnaires Jésuites).
Mémoires Concernant l'Histoire, les Sciences, Les Arts, Les Moeurs, les Usages etc Des Chinois. Par Les Missionnaires de Pékin.
Ensemble de 15 volumes de format in 4° carré; reliure uniforme de l'époque en demi veau fauve richement orné; illustré de 179 planches gravées et numérotées (sur 193). Le volume XII est entièrement consacré à la vie de Confucius avec de superbes planches. Célèbre et monumentale histoire de la Chine dans tous ses aspects, militaires, agricoles, religieux, géographiques, généalogiques... Une encyclopédie sur la Chine à l'usage des Européens. Notre exemplaire ne comprend pas les planches hors texte des T. I et II; sauf le portrait frontispice du Tome I et présente donc 152 planches hors texte sur 166; ou 179 planches numérotées sur 193. Les tomes III à XV sont bien complets . Quelques petits défauts de reliure et travaux de vers intérieurs principalement en marge. Deux volumes de suppléments parurent en 1814. Curieuse signature manuscrite "Montgolfier" sur chaque page de titre. Voir les photos.
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Vendée Militaire.
Une affiche éditée à l'occasion de l'exposition "Nantes et LaVendée Militaire" au Musée d'Obrée; vers 1965 ?
Une affiche de format 49 x 65cm; impression offset Les Presses Artistiques. Infimes défauts; bel état. Voir photo.
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[Brest, 29].
Petit carnet souvenirs de brest en chromolithographies sépia.
Un carnet de dimensions 12 x 8 cm, contenant un dépliant de 12 vues en sépia du port militaire de brest et de quelques abords. Une tache de sang sur la seconde de couverture; sinon bel état. Voir les photos.
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* Berichten van de Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, 29, 1979
2 volumes, 535 p., très nombreuses fig. dans et hors texte + un portefeuille de 11 grandes cartes dépliantes, en couleurs. Inv. 10078.
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*Congrès de Comines. XLVe Congrès de la Fédération des cercles d'archéologie et d'histoire de Belgique. 28-31 VIII 1980. Actes I-IV.
4 vol.: 536 p., qq. fig.; 392 p., nbr. ill.; 423 p., qq. fig. et 554 p., nbr. ill. Sommaire sur demande. Inv. 19407.
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Kipling, Rudyard.
AMERICAN NOTES. With Introduction. (G.P.T.).
137 p. + Portrait Frontis by W. Nicholson. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled edges. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Augustus Clemens Ehrenfeld on front paste down. Penciled margins notations. 12mo. 175mm. Original full blue cloth binding decorated in white and lettered in black, soiled. Spine darkened with small loss at head and tail. First American edition. Hardbound. Very good. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! KIP BX 3
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Time-Life Books (Editors).
ARMS, EQUIPMENT AND ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Three Volumes. (ILLUSTRATED ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR; ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE UNION; ARMS, EQUIPMENT OF THE CONFEDERACY).
Three Volumes. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, many in color. 4to. Original pictorial wraps. Original pictorial box. Very nice set. CW W19 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Dwight, Henry E.
TRAVELS IN THE NORTH OF GERMANY, IN THE YEARS 1825 AND 1826.
pp. iv, 453 + Frontis drawing of a duel. Age stained and foxed. Mildly XLib. Penciled notations. 8vo. Leather backed marbled boards. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss. Practically disbound. First Edition. This book is most famous for Dwight's enthusiastic report on the Prussian system of teacher education, and his suggestion that it should be adopted throughout the Unted States. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/1
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Taggart, Col. David.
ADDRESS OF COL. DAVID TAGGART, TO BAKER POST, G.A.R., AT PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 30, 1872.
19p. Age stained. Tall 8vo. Original blue printed wraps, soiled with small loss. Once folded in middle. XLib. Col. Taggart was a native of Pennsylvania. "Published by request of G.A.R. (the Grand Army of the Republic) and citizens of Portland" PA PAMPH 19_21 BX1
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Woman's Relief Corps; Grand Army of the Republic.
JOURNAL OF THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION, DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Gettysburg, Pa., June 6th and 7th, 1900.
143p. + Full page photographs. 8vo. Original purple wraps decorated and lettered in gold. Small nick on spine otherwise a very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_20 BX7
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Poor Richard's Club.
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL DINNER.
(26)p. Includes list of members serving in World War II. Impromptu musical with the original cast of "Winged Victory" including the Andrew Sisters. 12mo. Original plastic comb binder. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_22 BX6
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Crist, Allan G.
WILLIAM THOMPSON. a Shooting Star.
48p. Illustrated. Damp stained. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps, damp stained. Bicentennial series marking the role of Cumberland County in the American Revolution. A paper presented before the Cumberland County Historical Society, March 18, 1976. PA PAMPH 20_17 BX2
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Standley, Wakefield.
A STORY OF THE FLAG.
190 p. On front fly leaf inked inscription relating to a Civil War 1891 Verteran's Encampment, "The property of Mrs. J. N. Humphrey. Bought at (Noblerly)? Mo, April 3d, 1891 at the State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic". Sm. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in gold with front board decorated in black. Extremities worn and bumped. Hardbound. First Edition. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHELF W28
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Trollope, Anthony.
NORTH AMERICA.
pp. 623, 4 [Publisher's catalogue]. Some signatures loose. Penciled ownership of B. Richards, Jr. Large 12mo. Disbound. Interesting travel reports and observations were the first published works of Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), who became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. SHELF W29
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Wiley, Bell Irvin; Milhollen, Hirst D.
EMBATTLED CONFEDERATES. An Illustrated History of Southerners at War. Illustrations Compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen.
pp. x, 290. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4to. Original gray cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. SHELF W26
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McKeever, General C. (Compiler).
CIVIL WAR BATTLE FLAGS OF THE UNION ARMY AND ORDER OF BATTLE. Foreword by Steven J. Wright. Introduction by Robert Younger. Order of Battle Compiled by General C. McKeever.
177 p. Numerous color illustrations. Folio. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good copy. Reprint of the "Flags of the Army of the United States Carried During the War of the Rebellion" and "Tabular Statements Showing the names of Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades." Originally published in 1887. SHELF W26
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Shea, John Gilmary (Editor).
THE FALLEN BRAVE: A Biographical Memorial of The American Officers Who Have Given Their Lives for the Preservation of The Union.
224 p. + Engraved half title and seven full page steel engraved portraits. LACKS the section on Elsworth and his portrait. Offsetting from engravings. Age stained. 4to. Original full brown buckram binding, lettered in gold. Extremities worn with small loss. Hardbound. Though this copy lacks section on Elsworth, still a remarkable work, and quite scarce. SHELF W26 3L 3 556A37~Sideman, Belle Becker; Friedman, Lillian (Editors).
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Swinton, William.
CAMPAIGNS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. A Critical History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania From the Commencement to the Close of the War 1861-5.
640 p. + Engraved portrait frontis of Grant, full page portrait engravings and numerous maps. Very XLib. Damp stained. Age stained. Many pages torn. Sm. 4to. Spine crudely taped. Binding very worn. Hardbound. A reading copy of an important Civil War book. William Swinton (1833-1892) was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Times. Dornbusch III, 1280; Larned 2342; Nevins, I, p. 45. SHELF W27
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Strong, Robert Hale.
A YANKEE PRIVATE'S CIVIL WAR. Edited by Ashley Halsey.
pp. xi, 218 + Frontis and photographs. Illustrated with full page drawings. Pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Binding faded. Hardbound. The letters and journal of an Illinois farm boy writing of his battle experiences with the 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. SHELF W28
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Stackpole, Edward J.
CHANCELLORSVILLE. Lee's Greatest Battle.
384 p. Illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly chipped at edges. Hardbound. First Edition. SHELF W21
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Fremantle, James Arthur Lyon.
THE FREMANTLE DIARY. Being the Journal of Lieutenant Colonel James Arthur Lyon Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, on His Three Months in the Southern States. Editing and Commentary by Walter Lord.
pp. xv, 304. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. Hardbound. Fremantle was an English officer who visited the South during the Civil War. His travels were extensive, and took him from Texas to Gettysburg. SHELF W28
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McClellan, George B.
REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION AND CAMPAIGNS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC: To Which Is Added An Account Of The Campaign In Western Virginia, With Plans Of Battle-Fields.
pp. 465, (14) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis folding map of Antietam battle field, old tape repair at top fold, and full page plans of battle fields. Age stained. Inked ownership of H. R. Pratt, 1935. Large 12mo. Original full cloth binding, lacks spine. Hardbound. SHELF W29
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Brockett, Dr. Linus Pierpont (1820-1893).
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE GREAT REBELLION: Or, The Camp, The Battle Field and Hospital. Thrilling Adventures, Daring Deeds, Heroic Exploits, and Wonderful Escapes of Spies and Scouts, Together with the Songs, Ballads, Anecdotes, and Humorous Incidents of
512 p. + Frontis and full page engravings, some torn with loss. Very XLib. Very age stained. Some signatures loose. Several penciled ownerships including Harry C. Bubb (Montoursville, Pennsylvania?) on page 253. Large 8vo. Original quarter leather over cloth boards. Binding very worn. Hardbound. SHELF W28
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Edmonds, S. Emma E.
NURSE AND SPY IN THE UNION ARMY. Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. With Illustrations.
384 p. + Engraved Portrait Frontis by Geo. E. Perine and full page wood engravings. Text ruled in black throughout. Foxed, especially title page. Early inked ownership of David Harmer?, Feb. 4th, 1865. 8vo. Original embossed cloth binding, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Extremities worn. Hardbound. SHELF W25
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Rivlin, Lt.-Col. Gershon.
ISRAEL DEFENCE ARMY 1948-1958. A Pictorial Review. Foreword by David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
n.p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Printed in English and Hebrew. Quarto. Original full gray cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. JUDAICA BOX 2
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Marshall, General.
GENERAL MARSHALL'S REPORT. The Winning of the War in Europe and the Pacific. Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United states Army July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1945, to the Secretary of War.
123p. Illustrated with numerous maps. Large 4to. Original printed wraps, damp stained. WORLD WAR II BOX 4
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Gallenga, A.
ITALY REVISITED. In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. John Watts de Peyster's bookplate. Very XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, very worn. Hardbound set. A scarce account of late 19th century Italy. Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1810-1895) [Pseudonym - Luigi Mariotti] was an Italian politician a forceful author on a variety of subjects. ohn Watts de Peyster, Sr. (1821-1907), was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was one of the first American military critics and noted for his histories of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and also published works of drama, poetry, military history, and military biography. TRAVEL/4.
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Rider's British Merlin.
THE COURT AND CITY REGISTER; OR, GENTLEMAN'S COMPLETE ANNUAL KALENDAR; FOR THE YEAR 1803. Containing: I. Lists of Both Houses of the Nineteenth Parliament of Great Britain. II. The Court Register. III. Lists of the Army, Navy, Universities, Public Offic
pp. iv, 60, 360. 12mo. Disbound. Old ownerships. A great record of the individuals involved in the official life of England and its Colonies during this momentous period. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 8
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Woman's Weekly.
LIBERTY'S VICTORIOUS CONFLICT. A Photographic History of the World War.
128p. Profusely illustrated with numerous photographs. Folio. Original worn cloth backed decorated paper boards. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 10
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Fitch, George.
SIZING UP UNCLE SAM. Vestpocket Essays (Not Especially Serious) On the United States.
pp. x, 238. Paste downs and end papers decorated with map of the U.S. Front paste down torn. Pages beginning to brown at edges. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, spine faded. Color pictorial paper cover pasted on front board, worn with slight chipping. September, 1914 printing. HUMOR 8
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Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, Baron d' (1852-1924).
LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE.
pp. ix, 536 + Folding map. 12mo. Handsome contemporary leather backed marbled boards binding. An interesting and wide-ranging study of important aspects of American life before World War One. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR5
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Lindsey, Bessie M.
LORE OF OUR LAND PICTURED IN GLASS. Volume II. Historical Association Adds Distinction to Glassware.
pp. xiv, (257-537). Illustrated with photographs. Tall 8vo. Original full gold decorated purple cloth binding. Nice copy. ART 4
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Banning, Kendall.
WEST POINT TODAY.
312p. + Plus frontis and numerous full page photographs. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original grey cloth binding, slightly worn. First edition. WWIIA/1
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Collier, Richard.
TEN THOUSAND EYES.
320p. + Plus full page illustrations. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. First edition. WWIIA/1
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Combined Operations.
COMBINED OPERATIONS. The Official Story of the Commandos. With a Foreword by Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Chief of Combined Operations.
pp. xiii, 155 + Plus photographs. Text map illustrations. XLib. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine taped. Worn copy. WWII 2
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Military Service Publishing Company.
THE OFFICERS' GUIDE. 9th Edition. A Ready Reference on Customs and Correct Procedures Which Pertain to Commissioned Officers of the Army of the United States.
499p. + Plus Index and three color folding charts of Army Insignias. Numerous drawings, charts and photographs. Inked ownership of Robert H. Deardoff. Tall 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, decorated with officer's hat on front cover. Top edges slightly faded. Original dust jacket, worn and torn. Nice example. WWII 1
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Miller, Lee G.
THE STORY OF ERNIE PYLE.
pp. viii, 439 + Plus photographs. Top edge red. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, torn with small loss. WWII 3
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Borden, Sir Robert Laird.
CANADA AT WAR. Speeches. Delivered in Canada and the United Kingdom. June-September, 1918.
31p. Portrait photo. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Nice copy. Sir Robert Laird Borden (1854-1937). As prime minister, Borden headed a Conservative government until 1917 and a Union (coalition) government until his resignation in 1920. He is remembered for his leadership in carrying Canada through World War I and, subsequently, in defining the new status of the self-governing dominions in the British Empire. Largely through his efforts the dominions were given separate representation in the League of Nations, and the Canadian Parliament ratified the treaties that resulted from the Versailles peace conference of 1919. WWI 13
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Borden, Sir Robert Laird.
CANADA AT WAR. Speeches. Delivered in the House of Commons on the Imperial War Cabinet, 1917, The Imperial War Conference, 1917, and Compulsory Military Enlistment. May 18th, 1917.
34p. Portrait photo. 8vo. Original full brown printed wraps. Very slight damp staining. Nice copy. Sir Robert Laird Borden (1854-1937). As prime minister, Borden headed a Conservative government until 1917 and a Union (coalition) government until his resignation in 1920. He is remembered for his leadership in carrying Canada through World War I and, subsequently, in defining the new status of the self-governing dominions in the British Empire. Largely through his efforts the dominions were given separate representation in the League of Nations, and the Canadian Parliament ratified the treaties that resulted from the Versailles peace conference of 1919. WWI 13
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Broun, Heywood.
OUR ARMY AT THE FRONT. America In The War.
pp. vi, 332 + Plus frontis. A few pages loose. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, worn. WWI 4
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Fox, Henry L. (Editor).
WHAT THE "BOYS" DID OVERTHERE. By "Themselves".
165p. + Plus frontis and photo portraits. Lacks one illustration. Childish crayoning on endpapers. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Slightly worn. WWI 2
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French Army.
1916 DOCUMENTS DE LA SECTION PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMEE FRANCAISE.
n.p. Numerous photographs with text printed in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Slight old staining. Oblong 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Small loss to top of front and back wraps. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 12
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Grieves, Captain Loren.
MILITARY SKETCHING AND MAP READING. Second Edition.
95p. Illustrated with diagrams and maps. Penciled notations. Endpapers foxed. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. WWI 6
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Hall, James Norman.
KITCHENER'S MOB. The Adventures of an American in the British Army.
201p. + Plus portrait frontis. Age stained. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Canadian first edition. "Iowa born Hall, was on vacation in the UK in the summer of 1914, when World War I began. Posing as a Canadian, he enlisted in the British Army, Serving in the Royal Fusiliers as a machine gunner during the Battle of Loos. He was discharged after his true nationality was discovered, and then returned to the US. This is his first book. Recounting his wartime experiences with vigor. He later returned to France, where he joined the French-American Lafayette Escadrille before the United States officially entered the war. After the war, Hall co-wrote the Bounty Trilogy, including the wonderful 'Mutiny on The Bounty'. " WWI 2
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World's War Stories.
AMERICANS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY. Our Soldiers' Own Stories. Second Edition.
pp. xx, 340 + Plus frontis and photographs. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, gold lettered. (Spine stamped Vol. 1 but no indication of volume count in text) WWI 2
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Leslie's Weekly.
AT THE FRONT WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY. A Pictorial History of the Civil and Subsequent Wars as Seen by the Correspondents of Leslie's Weekly.
n.p. Profusely illustrated with drawings, woodcuts and photographs. Title page ruled in green. Front fly leaf excised. Folio. Original full cloth backed stiff paper pictorial binding, worn and stained. WWI 1
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Library of War Literature.
THE COMMON CAUSE. Britain's Part in the Great War. (Introduction by Otto H. Kahn).
32p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Tall 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Slightly soiled at edges. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 10
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March, General Peyton C.
THE NATION AT WAR.
pp. viii, 407 + Plus portrait frontis and photographs. Uncut. Top edge red. Stamped ownership L.B.H., 1932. Large 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. First edition. Nice copy. WWI 4
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McArthur, Major John C.
WHAT A COMPANY OFFICER SHOULD KNOW.
107p. (3)[Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with forms and conversion tables. Inked ownership of E. M. Tierney. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 16mo. Original full blue cloth binding, front cover gold vignette of World War I soldier. Worn and spotted. First edition. WWI 4
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Moss, Captain James A.
OFFICERS' MANUAL. Fifth Edition. (Revised and Enlarged).
493p. Illustrated with diagrams and drawings. Lacks pocket map. Index tabbed. Inked ownership of Captain R. N. Yingst. Front hinge cracked. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Spotted. WWI 2
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