1st Ed. London: W.H. Allen & Co. 1865. 8vo, xxvi + 601 pp. + advert. leaves. Separate listings for each Presidency (Bengal, Madras & Bombay) each part with Civil & Military indices. Contains both Civil & Military establishments, inc. regular, local & irregular corps, commissariat, medical &c. Lists of commanders.....
OEUVRES CHOISIES DE J.-B. PIRANESI: Frontispices, Compositions, Prisons, Trophees, Plan et Vues de Rome dessines et Graves de 1746 a 1778. Paris: Auguste Vincent, 1905. Reprint of 1778 edition. Folio. [4], 7, [i] pp and 114 numbered plates (the 18 double-page and folding plates each account for 2 plate numbers).....
1932. First. Cloth. Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1932. Octavo. 116 pp. First edition of author’s second book, with only 1000 copies printed. Top edge trimmed, others uncut. A very good to fine copy internally, pages bright and clean; good in original black cloth gilt, with one ½ inch split.....
1829. 10th. BAKER, Ezekiel. "Remarks On Rifle Guns. Being The Result Of Upwards Of Fifty Years Practice And Observations, With Specific Remarks On Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, And Fire Arms In General. To Which Are Subjoined Descriptions Of A new Bullet Mould And Clipper, Various Improvements In Gun And.....
1808. A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN [CAPTAIN HENRY BEAUFOY]. "Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, with Reference to their Forming the Basis of a Permanent System of National Defence, Agreeable to the Genius of the Country." Printed by C. Roworth.for T. Egerton, T E Gerton.....
John CLERK. An Essay on Naval Tactics ... Second Edition. Edinburgh: for Archd. Constable & Co., 1804. Quarto. Half-title, advertisement leaf, 51 of 52 engraved folding plates only, with dispositions hand-colored in red (lacking plate 1 opposite title page), Some old dampstaining, some damage to the first seven leaves). Contemporary.....
Paris: Libraire de René Colas, 1933. [COLAS: COSTUME BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Colas, René. Bibliographie Général du Costume et de la Mode. Description des suites, recueils, séries, revues et livres Français et Etrangers relatifs au costume civil, militaire et religieux, aux modes, aux coiffures et aux divers accessoires de l'habillement. Hardcover. 1933. Quarto.....
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1939. First. hardback. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes, octavo (235 x 145 mm). 1-394, 1-481 pp. One engraved map and one plan as frontispieces. First authoritative (and still highly regarded) history of the Navy from its origins during the Revolutionary War until.....
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2012. First edition. Hardback. Heavily illustrated with color and BW images on 312 pages. "Insignia of Independence is a heavily illustrated magnum opus that reconstructs the appearance of the armies of the American Revolution in painstaking detail. The two leading authorities on 18th-century Anglo-American military material.....
1829. 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded. London: John Murray, 1829. Second Edition. Quarto, with several tables in the text, 5 folding engraved diagrams and 4 folding tables; Contemporary marbled boards, but quarter bound in modern cloth. A clean and complete, highly desirable copy of a classic work in its most.....
1814. 5th. [WAR OF 1812]. William Duane. "Hand Book for Infantry." 5th ed. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1813. 8vo, original boards; With 12 leaves of plates, figures in text. (i)-vii, (viii-blank), (1)-112 pages, 12 plates. American Imprints 28364 (locating 1 copy); this edition not recorded in OCLC. The rare.....
[Rare Black Hawk War Imprint]. Narrative of the Capture and Providential Escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall….[with] The Interesting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Philip Brigdon. First edition. 1832. Copyright [and published?] by William P. Edwards, n.p. [St. Louis]. Paper wraps. Octavo (9 x 5 ½ in.).....
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Cyril Field. "Britain's Sea-Soldiers: A History of the Royal Marines and their Predecessors and of their Services in Action, Ashore and Afloat" 2 vol. set. Liverpool: The Lyceum Press, 1924. Large quarto, x, 324 pp. [and] x, 358 pp. 2 frontispieces (1 color), tissue guards, 22 color plates, tissue guards, 54.....
1904. William Alexander Graham, ed. General Joseph Graham and His Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History With Appendix, An Epitome of North Carolina's Military Services in the Revolutionary War and of the Laws Enacted For Raising Troops. Published for the Author by Edwards & Broughton, 1904. Scarce, original first edition of the.....
David R. Godine, 1996.
1906. JOURNALS OF THE HON. WILLIAM HERVEY IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE, from 1755 to 1814, with Order Books at Montreal, 1760-63, with Memoir and Notes. Edited by S. H. A Hervey. Suffolk Green Books No. 14, Bury St. Edmund's, 1906. Octavo, green cloth with gilt lettering; pp. lxxvi, 548, map, 10 plates of portraits and.....
London: J. & D. A. Darling, 1850. Ashley, Alfred. [1840S BRITISH INFANTRY UNIFORMS]. THE DAYS WHEN WE HAD TAILS ON US. WITH FOURTEEN COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. DEDICATED TO THE OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH INFANTRY. London: J. & D. A. Darling, 1850. 2nd edition. Original calf binding with title on spine and.....
Liste générale des postes de France: Dressée par Ordre de Monseigneur Etiene Francois de Choiseul.... Paris: Chez les Sr. JAILLOT, 1769. 12mo., i-viii, 1-82 pp. One title vignette, engraved throughout and with one folding engraved map at the rear, showing all of the postal routes in France and those to Britain, Spain.....
2 volumes. London: Charles Rivington for the Author et al., 1771. 7 engraved plates, all but 2 folding, and 9 folding engraved maps and plans. viii, [2], 379, [1]; [4], 414 pages. 4to, 295x228 mm, spine of modern calf with raised bands and gilt, with worn contemporary tree sheep covers.....
London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-1772. [COSTUME]. A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern, particularly Old English Dresses, in English and French. London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-72. 479 (of 480) plates. 4 volumes. Large quarto with original 1/2 vellum binding with marbled boards (some chipping and loss to the.....
London: Peter Davies, 1940-1967. Lawson, C. C. P. First. A HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY (5-VOL. SET) BY C. C. P. LAWSON. London: Peter Davies (vols.1-2), Norman Military Publications (vols. 3-4), and Kaye & Ward (vol. 5), 1940-1967. Hardcovers. First editions in quarto (10 x 7 ¼.....
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1839. v, [3], 422, [2] pp. First Edition. Last page has an advertisement for other Lecount titles. Profusely illustrated, with the 10 fold-out plates at rear. 12mo. 8-1/8" x 5" Internally, a VG+ copy. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine.....
London: 1823-1831. Marshall (John). "Royal Naval Biography; or, Memoirs of the Services of all the Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired Captains, Post Captains and Commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the present year....." London, printed by W Pople for Longman, Hurst, Rees.....
1759. [Massachusetts]. THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759.. 14pp. [bound with:] ACTS AND LAWS OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. Boston. 1759. 24,[2],396 pp. Antique-style calf binding with.....
[Revolutionary War in West Indies]. Matthews, John. Twenty-One Plans, with Explanations of the Different Actions in the West Indies During the Last War by an Officer who was present. Published in Chester and printed by J Fletcher for the author 1784. Dedicated to Lord Hood by John Matthews. Comprising printed.....