México: Tipografia de Manuel Payno, 1848. v, [1], [1], 401, [3] pp. Illus. with 28 lithographic maps and plates: 14 folding maps; 14 portrait plates; and one folding table. Sm. 4to. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands, gilt title on spine. First edition. With all maps and... More

Buenos Aires: n.p., 1940. Unpaged [20 leaves]. Illus. with 19 mounted silver-gelatin photographs with spider-web tissue guards, 29 b/w photo-reproductions on 7 plates, and two small portraits. Obl. 4to. (12 x 8.5 inches). Patterned maroon leather album, two holes with string ties and tassels, gilt titles and illustrations on front... More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. xvi, 486 pp. Illus. with 73 b/w & color drawings, reproductions and photos, some folded. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Being the Yarn of the American Midshipman (Naval Cadet) showing his Life in the old Frigates and Ships-of-the-Line, and then at the Naval School... More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1894. 362 pp. + 21 lvs. of maps. Illus. with 21 b/w folding maps. 8vo. Cloth. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Signed by O. [Oliver] W. Nixon (1825-1905), Major and Surgeon, Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry, USV, and author of "How Marcus Whitman saved Oregon," "Reminiscences of... More

[Bruxelles]: [1854]. 21, [3] pp. 1 diagram. 8vo. Folded leaves. First edition. Addressed in manuscript to J. A. Dahlgren, Superintendent of the Naval Ordinance, United States" and signed by Bormann, who was a Colonel at the time in the Royal Belgian Artillery. These are unpublished notes that Bormann had intended... More

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1943. xviii, 295 pp. Map. 8vo. Gilt decorated quarter blue cloth over red cloth boards. Top edge gilt. First edition. Limited edition of 350 copies. "Lieutenant James Henry Carleton's first Logbook was published anonymously and appeared first in the Spirit of the Times, New York, from November... More

El Ferrol: Imprenta de "El Correo Gallego," 1899. 218 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Pascual Cervera y Topete (1839-1909) was admiral of the Spain's Caribbean Squadron during the Spanish-American War. Ordered to Cuba, after a two year exile and before he prepared the navy properly for battle against the United... More

[New York, Colombia, Panama]: 1870. 70 pp. Folio. Disbound. Manuscript transcripts of 21 (perhaps 22) letters, most, if not all, are in Cisneros hand. Nine of the letters, making up over three quarters of the text, are from Cisneros reporting on his work in organizing units totaling nearly 1000 volunteers... More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. iv, 307 pp. Illus. with large folding map (21.8 x 42.8 cm.; 8.6 x 16.85 inches). 8vo. Original terra-cotta cloth, spine lettered in gilt, stamped in black. First edition. A sequel to 'Scenes and Adventures in the Army'. "Contains a condensed narrative of... More

[New York]: n.p., 1866. 5 pp. 8vo. Disbound, though stitching present. First edition. The was the first of at least 22 annual birthday breakfasts run by de Peyster, this one featuring the 100 year old veteran of the Wellington and Napoleonic Wars. The life, death, and age of Captain Frederic... More

[Paris]: Imp. de Baudouin, rue Mignon 2, 1838. 103 pp. + 12 lvs of plates. Illus. with 83 b/w drawings on 12 folding leaves. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Redigee pour les Ecoles regimentaires. OCLC shows no copies of this first 1838 edition, but there are two at the BN... More

Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1950. [192-215] pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. Offprint. Reprinted from Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. Volume 13. June, 1950. Numbers 1 and 2. A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked. More

Jena: Thuringer Verlagsanstalt, n.d. [ca1900]. vi, 807 pp. Illus. with 800 b/w drawings & reproductions. 4to. Cloth. First edition. now. The stamp of the library of F.A. Wittfogel [Karl August], the German historian and sinologist. Profusely illustrated examination of the history of war, extensive collections of weapons. Prefigures much of... More