Resultados de búsqueda: 19th Century Warfare from Books in Bulgaria

London: Bantam Books. Very Good-. 2006. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases to slightly slanted spine, a few tiny indents to front cover, tiny sticker to inside rear cover, slight foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Bantam mass market edition with full number line, 2006. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Collingwood. ; The Matthew Hervey Series; Vol. 7; 400 pages; Christmas, 1826. Captain Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish, incarcerated in the fortress of Badajoz. As he plans his escape his thoughts turn to the year 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington’s Peninsular Army. He and the Sixth had survived Corunna, but one of the bloodiest conflicts was the siege of the fortress where he is now imprisoned. And while he paces his prison cell, reliving the past, friends from unexpected quarters are rushing to his aid... .

London: Paladin. Very Good-. 1987. First British Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Some cover corner creases, some shelf and edge wear with corners lightly bumped, one gather has pages uncut with associated closed cross tear to p25/6, the first leaf of gather. ; First printing of UK paperback original edition with no other printings listed, 1987. Nice tight copy, appears to be unread due to uncut gather. Cover artwork by Anton Morris. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 624 pages; An apocalyptic novel of the American Civil War chronicling the clash of two agents of the rival Union and Confederate Secret Services, Union Captain Amaziah Butter and his counterpart John Oliphant. Both driven by their love of the country they serve and in their determination to do their duty. .

London: Arrow Books. Very Good; Some reading and cover creasing, light foxing to endpapers and . edges of reading block, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy, no . names inside.. 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; The Blackwood Family Series; Vol. 1; 370 pages; August 1850, Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship HMS Audacious bound for West Africa to stamp out the slave trade. ; 0099321009 .

London: Arrow Books. Very Good-; Some reading creases, small sticker tears to front cover and . base of spine, slight water staining to fore edge. ; Nice tight copy, no . names inside. Wrap around cover art by Paul Wright.. 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Ninth Printing; The Blackwood Family Series; Vol. 1; 370 pages; August 1850, Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship HMS Audacious bound for West Africa to stamp out the slave trade. ; 0099321009 .

London: Harpercollins. Very Good; Light reading creases and edge wear, small plit to base of . spine. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Gino . D'Achille.. 1996. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; The Starbuck Chronicles; Vol. 3; 471 pages; Captain Nathaniel Starbuck has survived the early battles of the Civil War, but his northern heritage still makes him the object of suspicion within the ranks of the South. ; 0006479022 .

London: Warner Books. Very Good+. 2002. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Paul Wright. ; The Alain Lausard Series; 330 pages; An Alain Lausard Adventure, set just after the Peace of Amien, as the French army prepares to invade Britain. .

London: Time Warner Paperbacks. Very Good+. 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, cover gilt slightly rubbed. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Paul Wright. ; The Alain Lausard Series; 346 pages; 1806, with the forces of Austria and Russia destroyed a year earlier, Napoleon Bonaparte begins a campaign against Prussia, a war of revenge for France's defeat by Prussia in 1757. But as the campaign continues it seems that the biggest threat to Sergeant Alain Lausard and his squadron of dragoons is their new commander, Captain Barthez, who will go to any length to win the covetted Legion d'honneur. .

London: Corgi. Very Good. 1982. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Unattributed wrap around cover artwork. ; The Buller Trilogy; Vol. 1; 320 pages; The first novel in a series set in the late Victorian Navy, as the ironclad battleships and steam revolutionise the old wooden sailing days, featuring Buller, intrepid adventurer. .

London: Faber & Faber. Fine. 2002. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First printing of reissued mass market edition with full number line, 2002. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears as new. Cover design by Pentagram with photograph courtesy of Getty Images / Stone. ; 224 pages; Provence, where Lawrence Durrell lived for thirty years, is the motif of this his final work, published just before his death. It is a highly personal and unusual book, part travelogue, part writer's notebook, part autobiography. It preserves memories from his intimate experience of the Midi, and scattered through the evocative text are nineteen poems inspired by the genius of the place. .

London: Bantam Books. Good. 2003. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover corner creases, lightly sunned spine, sticker tear to front cover, some water staining to fore corners of first few leaves, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Bantam paperback edition with full number line, 2003. Good reading copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Collingwood. ; The Matthew Hervey Series; Vol. 4; 384 pages; It is 1819 and Matthew Hervey is mourning the death of his wife and disillusioned with military life. But a chance encounter in Rome with the poet Shelley leads him to rethink his future and soon he is heading back to India once more. .

London: Bantam Books. Very Good+. 2003. Reprint; Twelfth Printing. Paperback. Slight shelf wear, small ink inintials to inside rear cover. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread and near as new. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Collingwood. ; The Matthew Hervey Series; Vol. 4; 384 pages; It is 1819 and Matthew Hervey is mourning the death of his wife and disillusioned with military life. But a chance encounter in Rome with the poet Shelley leads him to rethink his future and soon he is heading back to India once more. .

London: The Book Club. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Minor shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ, slight toning to spine of DJ. ; Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 244 pages; Captain Tyler Meridith of the Confederate Navy battles the Yankees during the Civil War, running blockades to get vital guns and supplies to the South. .

London: Bantam Books. Very Good; Light reading creases and shelf wear, tiny ding to front cover, . light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight copy, . no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Collingwood.. 2000. Reprint. Paperback. Trade PB . Ninth Printing; The Matthew Hervey series; Vol. 1; 384 pages; Upon the field of Waterloo a young British cavalry officer goes about his duty. But Cornet Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons will suddenly find himself allotted the role of hero. ; 0553507133 .

London: Bantam Books. Very Good+; Light reading creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks . inside. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Collingwood.. 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Trade PB . Ninth Printing; The Matthew Hervey series; Vol. 1; 381 pages; Upon the field of Waterloo a young British cavalry officer goes about his duty. But Cornet Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons will suddenly find himself allotted the role of hero. ; 0553507133 .

London: Harpercollins. Very Good. 1995. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, some edge wear to slightly sunned spine, original price sticker to fronnt cover. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; The Starbuck Chronicles; Vol. 2; 496 pages; Captain Nathaniel Starbuck is a Copperhead – a northerner who fights with the South. Expelled from his beloved Legion by the enmity of its founder, General Washington Faulconer, becomes caught up in a dangerous double game of espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted. .

London: Cassell. Very Good. 2006. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover creases, minor shelf wear. ; First paperback edition, first printing with full number line, 2006. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork, Incident at Isandlwana by David Cartwright. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Cassell Military Paperbacks; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 384 pages; A comprehensive and well-researched work giving a blow-by-blow account of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. A story studded with tales of heroism, drama and atrocity on both sides: the Battle of Isandlwana, where the Zulus inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns; Rorke's Drift, where a handful of British troops beat off thousands of Zulu warriors and won a record 11 VCs; and Ulundi, where the Zulus were finally crushed in a battle that was to herald some of the most shameful episodes in British Colonial history. .

London: Harpercollins. New. 2011. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. First printing of Harper paperback edition with number one, 2011. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover design by publisher with image courtesy of Nik Keevil and The Bridgeman Art Library. ; The Anthony Morgan Trilogy; Vol. 2; 400 pages; Anthony Morgan has experiened his first war. He has marched and led his men, argued with fellow officers and foght the enemy. But at least then there had been lines of battle. In India, none of that experience is valuable. Here, faced with putting down an uprising, he has been given command of soldiers whose loyalties he feels are suspect. But who can he discover who to trust? And does anyone, even amongst the British officers, understand how to navigate through the bloody chaos of a civil war...? .

London: Panther. Very Good. 1965. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and edge wear, some sunning to rear cover and spine. ; Panther Books 1936. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Hayes. ; 320 pages; Historical novel set during the American War of Independance. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good; Light reading creases, some tobacco staining to spine. ; Nice . tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Hayes.. 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 432 pages; The Indian Mutiny, 1857 - when the lives of millions changed for ever....; 0330239791 .

London:: John Murray. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1936. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ incomplete with front cover and fly only, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Third printing of John Murray cheap edition, May 1939. Orange cloth boards with black lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 320 pages; Four white feathers denoting cowardice where given to Harry Faversham, despised by three fellow officers and disowned by the woman he loves he disappears into the Sudan. .