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University of Kentucky Press, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 175pp, b/w frontis of Villars. Corner clipped from the front flap of the dj, otherwise an excellent copy..

1956: The Bodley Head Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (No. 7 in the Men of the Modern Age series.) 140pp, 8p b/w photographs. Bookplate on the ffep, otherwise a nice clean copy..

I.B. Tauris, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first English-language biography of Pierre-Andre de Suffren Saint Tropez, the Bailli de Suffren. xviii, 312pp, 8 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, 7 diagrams. A very nice copy, with the dj protected in a clear plastic wrapper..

New York, NY: Ezra Sargeant, 1811. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Title continues: "...Translated from the French by William Mudford, and containing all those omissions which have been detected in the recent Parisian edition." The first English-language edition. The name of a previous owner (Chas. Ridgely) appears in ink to the top of… Read more about this item

Peter Lang, 1989. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A biography of France's pre-Revolutionary military engineers and builders, this book attempts to evoke both the man and the significance of his work..." xx, 274 pp, b/w frontis. + 30 b/w illustrations. An excellent copy..

Ottawa, ON: The War Amps, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 324pp, numerous b/w photographs. A nice copy..

Cornwall, ON: United Writers, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ..." This is the personal story of a Spitfire pilot during the last world war. It starts when he joined the RAF for Flying Training in Singapore in 1940 and covers further training in Iraq when he became involved in the Siege… Read more about this item

London: T.Osborne, 1753. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English-Language Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Title continues:"...Containing a curious Account of all the WARS OF EUROPE SINCE THE TREATY OF UTRECHT, In which he was concerned: WITH A Detail of the several BATTLES and SIEGES wherein he either commanded or assisted: Particularly those of PRAGUE, ASCHAFFENBURG, FONTENOY, LAWFELDT… Read more about this item

London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876. Book. Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 362pp, bound in red cloth with blue and gilt band to the front cover and spine, gilt title.Some wear to the edges of the boards, bleaching at the top of the fc, endpapers replaced, frontis. page taped in place; otherwise clean,… Read more about this item

H.S. Baynes, 1824. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Title continues: "WHO SERVED WITH DISTINGUISHED HONOUR IN THE WARS UNDER KING WILLIAM AND THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, AND AFTERWARDS IN THE REBELLION OF 1715 IN SCOTLAND." 578pp, b/w frontis. of Blackader. Re-backed in green cloth with gilt title to a red spine label; retaining the… Read more about this item

The Johns Hopkins Press / The Dolphin Press / Oxford University Press, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ..."Here follows the story of Major General Louis Le Begue de Presle Duportail, the first chief engineer of the American Army. Truly a soldier he was and then an engineer, such as we who… Read more about this item

London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft ; the first English-language edition thus. viii, xxvii, Part I 241 pp, Part II 301 pp. Bound in full leather, original boards with new spine, all in dark brown; title and author… Read more about this item

The University of Alabama Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ...'This is a biographical study of William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726-83). A citizen of New York and New Jersey, Alexander was the son of John Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer, and at his father's death he inherited a substantial portion… Read more about this item

London: Dorman Newman & R. Bentley, 1686. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Printed by J.B. for Dorman Newman & R. Bentley, at the Kings-Arms in the Poultrey, and at the Post-House in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden." First English-language edition (scarce). 422pp, full brown leather, now somewhat darkened; title in gilt on… Read more about this item

Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A facsimile reprint of the 1852 edition. xii,190pp. Anice copy..

Heritage House Publishing, 2017. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ..."[This book] introduces Canadians to an unsung hero - a skilled, courageous, feisty, sharp-witted tough gunner who served from the very beginning of the War in 1914 to demobilization in 1919." 259pp, 16p col. maps. As new..

D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Based upon the papers of John Appy, Secretary and Judge Advocate of His Majesty's Forces. x (1) 256pp, map endpapers, frontis. of Colonel Frederick Haldimand, 7 other illustrations. The edges of the covers are lightly sunned, but this is otherwise a nice copy..… Read more about this item

Ottawa, ON: Book Coach Press, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ..."These brief vignettes make compelling reading. Here are the people who have played a part, large and small, in building the community and the nation. Taken together they provide a portrait of Ottawa that all of us… Read more about this item

The University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Number 53 in the series "University of North Carolina Studies in The Germanic Languages and Literatures'. ix, 252pp, b/w frontis of de Kalb. Library stamps on the three edges of the page block and on each endpaper, otherwise an excellent… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1853. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Three original works, bound as one: (1): The Life of Marshal Turenne (Cockayne, 1853): 101pp; (2):The Leipsic Campaign (Gleig, 1852): viii, 262pp; (3) Turkey and Christendom (Anon, 1853, Reprinted from No. CLXXXIII of The Edinburgh Review): 94pp, 1 folding map. Bound in… Read more about this item