Military Books

Paris. Librairie de Firmin/didot. 1893. Lavishly bound by Champs of Paris in full gilt bordered crushed burgundy morocco. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate pictorial gilt tooled inner dentelles with horse and horse shoe motif frame and ornate gilt tooled figure of soldier with drawn sword to front and rear paste downs. Silk moire endsheets. Accompanied by custom hardshell slipcase. a.e.g. Thick Folio. Number thirty five of a limited edition printed on Japanese vellum. Sumptuously illustrated with fifty colour lithographic plates and 300 further monochrome drawings en texte. Also an original hand coloured litho mounted onto flyleaf. Vallet's classic work on cavalry life is artfully encased in a most splendid continental binding. A masterful presentation. The slightest of rubbing to spine. A Fine bright copy.

London: Printed for the Author, 1797. Engraved frontispiece and six folding plates. 8vo, pp.xvi:230:(1, errata), contemporary full calf with lettering piece; lower joint cracked, upper cover detached. Frontispiece trimmed by binder just into image on fore-edge. With the contemporary armorial bookplate of the Hon. Edward Monkton of Somerford Hall, Staffordshire on front pastedown and his signature on the title-page. In need of rebacking and priced to allow for such.

Hugh Rees, Ltd, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Presentation bookplate on front inner cover to Officers Training Corps, Manchester University Contingent, Presented by W J Riley Esq JP (of Brierfield, Lancs) In Memory of His Son Captain H D Riley, 11th Service Battalion, East Lancashire Regt. who was killed in action in France on 1st July, 1916. Red covers with gilt lettering are darkened, more heavily on spine and at edges, remains of pasted label on spine and corners are worn, binding is sound but a little skewed, endpapers are darkened, pages are a little darkened but clean except very occasional brief penciled not in margin. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65010090149. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Woolwich: Royal Military Academy, 1878. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with some wear to extremities, foxing to prelims, Military college stamp on front endpaper, and a couple of marginal notes in pencil. 246 pages, with many diagrams. ( 3 foldouts ). Black, gilt stamped leather over cloth. Scarce..

Stevens Point, Wisconsin:: sailorBOYpress,, 2006.. Edition of 48. 7.75 x 10.75 x 1.25"; 25 pages. Type: 20th Century Light. Designed to look like a photograph album with black photographic album corners used to tip in photographs. Bound in brown mottled paper endboards with postage stamp adhered to front board. Ration stamp used for edition numbering. Housed in brown cloth dropback box. my darling, my reason" appears to be a photo album with text from letters written home by a World War II sailor. His thoughts – unexpressed, or at least not included in his letters to his wife – provide the subtext and tension . Colophon: "The substrate is gelatin-sized Hahnemühle watercolor paper. The photographs, with the exception of two obvious photo postcards, have never been published and are part of a larger collection of such images of sailors. They are editioned using an archival inkjet process on Kodak Ultima paper." Jeffry Morin, Colophon: "The… Read More

Oxford, London : Printed by G Schulze for J Skelton, 1830. In original Three-Quarter Red Leather over Marbled boards. Bookplate of E. C. Converse, Conyers Manor front paste downs both volumes. Very Good, leather and marbled boards rubbed at the tips, contents are clean, tight, unmarked, light and scattered toning and foxing. A handsome First Edition set. This over-size and heavy 2 volume set will require additional postage charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

1688 1st ed History of Louis XII King of France Naples Italian WARS Varillas 3v

First edition of Antoine Varillas' History of Louis XII. A well-recognized member of his community, Varillas was a histographer and librarian for the Royal Library in France. Upon retiring, Varillas dedicated himself to writing a complete history of the life and reign of King Louis XII of France, for whom little was written at the time. Unfortunately, his writings received little recognition. As a result, his scholarly reputation was negatively impacted. Initially having high hopes, his works failed to reach the status he had desired during his lifetime. It was not until much later that the public would show interest in his writings.
Item number: #7160
Price: $750
VARILLAS, Antoine.
Histoire De Loüis XII.
A Paris, chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le second perron de la sainte chapelle. M. DC. LXXXVIII. Avec privilege du roy, [1688]. First edition.

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Self Published, 1987. General wear to jacket. New endpapers. Previous owners stamp to top of title page. 313 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1841 Spanish Military Instructions SPAIN Royal Guard Infantry Mexico Texas War

A rare, mid-19th-century Spanish military treatise!
'Recopilación de Penas Militares' is an important work outlining Royal Orders given to Spanish infantry. In this book, author Manuel Sanchez describes military penalties, military law, and instructions for infantry regiments of the Spanish Royal Guard. Published in 1841, this book includes numerous full-page charts and tables as well as a folding engraving of soldier stances in dress.

Item number: #15526
Price: $499
SANCHEZ, Manuel
Recopilación de penas militares con arreglo a Ordenanza y Reales Ordenes espedidas [sic] hasta el día : abraza las leyes penales ; fuerza, pie y haberes de los regimientos de infantería de la Guardia Real.
Madrid: Imprenta de D. Pedro Sanz Y Sanz, 1841.

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o xvi, 464; C
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St. Lo, George. (d. 1718) England's Safety: or, A Bridle to the French King. Proposing A sure Method of Encouraging NAVIGATION, and Raising Qualified Seamen for the well Manning Their Majesties FLEET on any Occasion, in a Months Time, without Impressing; And a Competent Provision for all such as shall be Wounded in Service against the Enemy, either in their Majesties Ships of War, Privatiers, or Merchant-Men, to Encourage the better Defending them. ALSO An In-sight into the Advantages may be made by the Herring and other Fisheries, in respect to the Breeding of Seamen, and otherwise. Together with a PROPOSAL for the Maintenance and Education of the Male Children of all such as shall be Kill'd in Service, both Seamen and Officers; And a Provision for Gentlemens Younger Sons, and the Sons of Commanders Kill'd in the Service, to qualifie them for the Sea, in order to make Officers. ALSO Encouragement for Commanders of Men of War, Privatiers and Seamen, in Taking any Ship, or Effects of the Enemies, and… Read More

1847 1ed Mexico and Military Chieftains WAR of Independence SPAIN Hidalgo Revolt
Fayette Robinson's "Mexico and Her Military Chieftains" is a rare, mid-19th-century history of the wars with Mexico. This 1847 first edition contains descriptions of military figures and battles, focusing heavily on the Hidalgo Revolt and the Mexican War of Independence from 1810 to 1821. Note the inclusion of numerous full-page portrait engravings and scenes of Mexico.
Item number: #18667
Price: $499
ROBINSON, Fayette
Mexico and her military chieftains : from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time
Philadelphia : E.H. Butler & Co., 1847. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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ix, [3], 13-343, [1], 8
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12 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten
o Fayette Robinson
o W. B. Wess
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Brown cloth
· Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm)
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Talbot Press Ltd, 1921. Used. Hard Bound-spine needs repair

The Volunteer Soldier of America. By John A Logan. with Memoir of the Author and Military Reminiscences from General Logan's Private Journal. Chicago and New York: R S Peale & Company, Publishers, 1887. Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent condition, especially for its age. Impressed cover with gilt. Clean interior. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again! **Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia consolidated shipping through Biblio.com. If you should choose expedited shipping instead, we will provide you with that additional cost by the most economical Federal Express International. Once actual shipping costs are… Read More

1st edition, 1930, brown cloth binding. Clean inside, no markings. The boards are very good condition. The corners and spine ends have slight bumping. The dust jacket is bright and unclipped and has light wear on the edges with small tear on top of spine and some slight chipping, two small tape repairs on inside of dust jacket but overall vg dustjacket. Spine sunned somewhat. Rare, with scarce dust jacket.

1691 ENGLISH 1ed Maydman British Naval Ships Royal Navy England Nine Years War

Henry Maydman was a 17th-century English author is known for his book on maritime politics, "Naval Speculations". This book is a discourse on the Royal Navy, the naval offices and officers, sea merchants and trade, and perhaps most importantly the measures taken by the Navy during Nine Years' War.

Item number: #22638
Price: $1500

Maydman, Henry

Naval Speculations, and maritime Politicks: being a modest and brief discourse of the royal navy of England: of its oeconomy and government, and a projection for an everlasting Seminary of seamen, by a royal maritime hospital.

London: William Bonny, Manship, 1691. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [32], 348, [2]
· References: Wing M 1420; Goldsmiths-Kress 02914
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 11cm)
· Very rare and desirable

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