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

Santiago de Chile: Imprenta de La Ilustracion Militar, 1882-1902. 74; 71; 94; 118; 55; 81 pp. 16mo. Cloth. First edition. Six works primarily concerning the Chilean military at the end of the 19th century including the Pacific war and bound as one. The first item inscribed by its author. E.... 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

Norman: Univ. Oklahoma Press, (1961). xv, 448 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) was an important army officer who served in the War of 1812, the American West, the Mexican-American War, and the conquest of California... More

Paris: J. Correard, 1834-1842. Illus. with 97 plates most double page or larger and including 11 maps. 8vo. and Obl. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 and x11.5 inches). Three quarter green calf over marbled boards, five raised bands ruled in gilt, two compartments with red morocco lettering pieces, one compartment with... More

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1878. iv, 400 pp.+ Adv. [43,1] pp. Illus. with 29 b/w plates. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Second edition. Translation of Cours de tactique. Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787-1875) was a Swiss general who served under Napoleon and in 1847 led the Swiss federal forces to victory... 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

Paris: Allais, 1805. [6], 299, [1], Plates. Illus. with 13 numbered folding plates + an additional 3 folding plates. 4to. (26 x 19 cm). Mottled calf, six compartments four decorated and bordered in gilt, one brown morocco lettering piece with title, and one red spine label with volume number and... More

New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1922. 110 pp. Plates. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Illus. with 34 b/w photos. 16mo. Paper wrappers. First edition. One plate for each of the 34 orders created in France from 496 to 1783. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 11. A very good or better copy... More

London: War-Office, Printed and Sold by J. Walter, at Homer's Head, Charing-Cross, 1794. xxiv, 458 pp. + plates. Illus. with 16 b/w folding plates. 8vo. Quarter calf over marbled boards. Second edition. Contents: Pt.1. Instruction of the recruit; Pt. 2. Of the platoon, or company; Pt. 3. Of the battalion;... More

College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, (1997). xi, 227 pp. Illus. with 57 b/w in-text figures and 11 maps. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Inscribed by both authors on the series page. Places in a larger framework the opening battle of the Mexican American War in 1846 when the forces... More