Military from The Owl at the Bridge

NY, Viking Press [1976]. Hard Cover. 354 p., index, plates; 22 cm. Book club stamp. A broad view of battlefield experience that focuses on three battles that took place within a few miles of one another: Agincourt, 1415; Waterloo, 1815, and the Somme, 1916. Stock#46751. Vg, extensively underlined and annotated by a military historian / dj good+.

London : Percy Lund, Humphries, [1924].. Hard Cover. Vol. 2 of six.: viii, pp. 375 - 711., frontis.(port.),17 illus., 3 folding maps, 22.5 cm. This volumes covers the period 1839 to 1914, Stock# 45,123. Vg, bound in vellum, teg.

London : Caxton Pub. Co., 1914. Hard Cover. x, 564 p. :31 illus. (12 color) , ports., maps (1 fold.) ; index, 31 cm. Published the year The Great War broke out making cavalry such as the Hussars obsolete. Stock# 45,124. Good+, some wear to spine, some color pictures of horsemen pasted in front matter.

A Orleans, de l'Imprimerie de Jacques-Philippe Jacob, 1779. "D'après la Copie imprimée à l'Imprimerie Royale de Paris. Permis de rimprimer & publier ce 9 Septembre 1779. Miron." The French fleet under D'Estaing captured the island of Grenada in the West Indies on July 3d, 1779-- a blow to the British sugar trade. The British counter-attacked… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1904. Hard Cover. viii, 280 p., [25] leaves of color plates; 28.5 cm. Sixis les Mémoires du Canonnier Bricard...Sixièlme èdition; first, 1894. Title continues: "du maréchal Bugeaud, du capitaine Coignet, d'Amédée Delorme, du timonier Ducor, du général Ducrot, de Maurice Dupin, du lieutenant généal Duc de Fezensac, du sergent Fricasse, de l'abbéLanusse, du maréchal Marmont duc de… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, Bantam Books, 2000. Hard cover; 376 pages, illus., maps, index; 24 cm.; Very Good in VG dust jacket. "in February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima-- and into history. In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, triumph, heartbreak, and legacy… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, Knopf, 1988. On diplomatic recognition of the new American republic. Hard Cover. xiii, 347 pages, index, 16 plates (8 color), 6 maps; 24 cm. Small gift inscription on first flyleaf; Very Good in VG dust jacket with small label stuck to rear. Stock#20474/h.

New York: C. Scribner, 1888. First published 1851. Hard Cover. x, [11]-310 pages, 11 plates including frontispiece portrait titled "Bessières Commandant Of The Old Gaurd" [sic]; 19 cm. Pencil owner name on first flyleaf; navy-blue binding with gold spine lettering; minor wear; Very Good. Stock#35048/house.

London, Offices of "Country life"; New York, C. Scribner's sons [1916]. Hard Cover. xiv, 214 p. col. front., illus. (plans) plates, ports., fold. map. 24 cm. With a preface by the Earl of Derby, K. G.This Regiment served in the Indian Mutiny, in the Boer War, and in the trenches in World War I. Stock# 45,117. Vg / no… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hard Cover. xiv, 430 p., [16] p. of plates, illus., maps; index, 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-420). The seige and Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee from the Union disaster at Chickamaugua, 20 Sept. 1863, the seige that followd as a consequence, and the improbable Union victory, 25 November. Stock# 37,322. Vg/… Saber más sobre este artículo

Providence, Brown UP, 1962. Hard Cover. xxviii, 564 p.,14 maps (2 fold.), index, 173 plates; 27 cm. Adapted from the French by Anne S. K. Brown. Second revised edition. "This edition has been printed on thinner paper, substantially reducing its bulk." Stock#29426. VG./ dj good+, some wear.

Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army, 1968. Hard Cover. xiv, 549 p., illus., maps, ports.; 26 cm. Army historical series. The Russo-German war from Stalingrad to Berlin. Topics include strategy and tactics, partisan and psychological warfare, coalition warfare, and manpower and production problems faced by both countries. Stock#46932. Vg / no dj.

London : Country Life, G. Newnes ; New York : C. Scribner, [1921?]. Hard Cover. x, 235 p. [15] leaves of plates : ill. (4 col.), maps (4 fold. ports) ; 23 cm. A large portion of the book is devoted to the regiment's lang and costly service in the trenches of France in World War I. Stock# 45,120.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Providence: Cooke & Danielson, printers to the State, 1861. First Edition. Soft Cover. 15 p.; 23 cm. Delivered in the Senate of Rhode Island, Aug. 10, 1861. Questions the effectiveness of blockading the South but supports the Union. Good+, some soiling at edges. Stock#OB861.

Paris: les Éditions militaires illustrées (impr. de Dumoulin et impr. de Fortin et fils), 1946. Hard Cover. 142, [5] p., [8] leaves of plates, illus.; 33 cm. Eight color plates of uniforms; 65 line-engraved illustrations including 21 showing uniforms or accessories. At head of title: Marcel Dupont. This is number 45 of 990 printed. Vg in sturdy brown cloth.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, Combat Forces Press [1954]. Hard Cover. xi, 260 p., illus., maps; 24 cm. "Written primarily for the junior officers, the non-commissioned officers, and the privates of the Army of the United States." Stock#46302. Vg / no dj.

Boston, Small, Maynard and Company [1917]. Hard Cover. 4 p. 1., 311 p. front., plates, ports., facsim. 18 cm. Maps on lining-papers "Continuation of author's 'A hilltop on the Marne.' Collection of letters written to a friend in America, dated September 16, 1914, to April 8, 1917." "Fourth printing before publication." NS. Stock# 35,037. Vg/ no dj. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, DC, U. S. Army Center of Military History, 1988.. Hard Cover. 465 p., index, photos; 25 cm. Endpaper maps. These pictures by U.S. Army photographers are high quality images of the Mediterranean theater--North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France. Stock #29,816. Vg, green cloth boards/ no dj as issued.

The Second Marine Division consists of three regiments of infantry-- the second, sixth, and eighth Marines-- and one of artillery, the 10th. Based on the 2nd marine Brigade, it emerged as a division just as WWII began. This is an outline of its history. Softcover. 73 pages, illustrations, 28 cm. Very Good in pictorial wrappers. Stock#28321x/h.

New-York : Century Co., c1887-c1888. Hard Cover. Four volumes: xxiii, 750; xx, 760; xx, 752; xx, 836 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 29 cm. "Opinionated and rationalizing memoirs of high ranking officers on both sides make this work one of the most quoted in Civil War literature"-- Nevins / Robinson / Wiley I : 55. When published it was the… Saber más sobre este artículo