Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg de Solonick, Justin S - 2015

London: Rawlings, Chapman Publications, 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 'TO KATHY McKAY VERY BEST WISHES SINCERELY LEO RAWLINGS'. Stated First Edition. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail, sides and corner tips and is not price clipped and has a dustjacket protector fitted. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Dedication by Lord Russell of Liverpool. xxxi and 160 pages. Map of the notorious Railway of Death front endpaper and 119 plates. The artist's (1918-1984) now classic work as a prisoner of war for three and a half years of the Japanese in World War II, in which he describes the railway camps, the bridge building on the River Kwai, Changi in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and all of the horrors experienced by the POW's - all graphically illustrated by his now famous drawings. **** A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY **** 22. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rawlings, Leo. 8vo… Leer más

Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st edition 1997. SIGNED on the title page by the Author. The book is in excellent clean condition being firmly bound and very carefully read. Short inscription by the author opposite the title page plus his signature again on the title page but no other inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. The jacket is also in VG condition with some light wear a little creasing at the top edge but no tears or loss. Illustrated mainly in b/w & some colour plates. .

Trieste: David Waddington, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 16mo. coarse buff covers, in buff slipcase, which has one corner worn through into the cardboard. no writing or marks. ship's roster in index..

Anchorage, AK: National Park Service. Softcover, Very Good+ (slight hinge crack mid-section, but binding remains tight); 1987, 1st Edition, 8 1/4"x10 3/4", 190 pages, some unpaged, consisting of: (10 pages Introduction/Contents, 65 pages text & photos, 3 pages Bibliography & Publications; 112 pages maps, photos, architectural drawings of various buildings, warehouses, barracks/officers quarters, command posts, beer hall, radio station, stockade, hospital, etc.), 8 1/2" x 11", with numerous B&W historical photos & illustrations throughout. Cover illustration: Barracks, Margaret Bay Cantonment, November, 1984.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Leer más

Berlin: Karl Siegismund, 1912. Octavo. revised. 676 pp.Translated from the French, by Germain Bapf. frontispiece, 13 skteches, and 2 large fold-out maps at rear, 12pp. publisher's ads. Bound in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt. Binding rubbed, some wear to spine ends. A good copy.

Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Praeger Pub Text, 1987. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Westport, CT: Praeger Pub Text, 1987, first printing. 8vo., xiv+216 pp., illustrated with tables. Near fine.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Shannon. Irish University Press. 1968. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 24cm, xi,231p., frontis, 1 plate, mapped & illustrated endpapers, appendices, index, green cloth, a very good to fine copy in good to very good complete illustrated jacket. (Mt) An important contribution to the literature of both the American Revolution and Irish-American genealogy.

EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "in nine essays by leading scholars, (this book) provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices." 280pp. An excellent copy..