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London/Mechanicsburg, PA: Greenhill Books/Stackpole Books, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. 264 (2) pp, illus. First Edition,1995. Not Price Clipped. Lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Napoleon's Grande Armee waits at the gates of Moscow, preparing to enter in triumphal procession. But it finds a city abandoned by its inhabitants - save only the men who emerge to fan the flames as incendiary fuses hidden throughout the empty buildings of Moscow set the city alight. For three days Moscow burns, while looters dodge the fires to plunder and pillage.".

London/Pennsylvania: Greenhill Books/Stackpole Books, 1996 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. 464 pp, preface, some important eyewitnesss, maps, the event so far, Phase I. To Smolensk; Phase II. Towards the Berezina; Phase III. Across the Berezina; Phase IV. Beyond the Berezina; two epilogues, notes index with b&w illustrations. First Edition, 1996. "1812: The Great Retreat tells the story of the end of the most famously disastrous campaign in history, using the words of the survivors to describe their desperate withdrawal from Russia. Napoleon's campaign had begun with more than a third of a million men setting out on what was to be a long and terrible march to the glittering city of Moscow. Only 100,000 were to reach it. Forced to turn back in the face of winter's onset, almost nothing of the drastically reduced army lived to recross the Niemen River. Using the words of 160 of the participants, Paul Britten Austin brings unparalleled authenticity and immediacy to his… Read More

Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1939 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 143 pp, preface, Introduction by Lawrence Lowell; I. Ahriman; II. Bombardment: The Traditional Law and Practice; III. World War Developments; IV. General Douhet and the New Theory of War; V. The Douhet Theory in Practice; VI. Criticisms of Douhet's Theory; VII. Experience, and How to Evaluate It; VIII. The Air Raid: What Will It Cost?; IX. What Can the Air Raid Accomplish?; X. The Balance Sheet; XI. Possible Preventive Action; Appendicies: Proposed Rules for the Regulation of Aerial Warfare Drafted by the Commission of Juists in 1923; Draft Convention of the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments; Protection of Civilian Populations against Bombing from the Air in Case of War -- Resolution of the League of Nations Assembley, September 30, 1938; selected bibliography, index. First Edition, 1939. "This paper does not attempt to study the nature and employment of air forces in general, but only one aspect… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1959 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xii (i), 299 pp, b&w frontis, foreword, 24 chapters, appendix, bibliography, index. First American Edition, 1959. "Writing about the adventures and exploits of these colorful correspondents, the author tells how they lived, wrote, and fought (both each other and the military brass) during the war years between 1914 and 1918." Price clipped. Two small chips 1/2" square or less to spine edge dj with some small closed tears and some hair-line creases along edges of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-green cloth with dark green soldier and green dates on front board, green and white lettering to spine, and maps on endpapers..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Thick Octavo. xxii, 522 pp, topical table of contents - 3 pp, list of b&w illustrations, list of maps and charts, Preface, 4 Books / 22 chapters, Epilogue, Appendixes 1-5, Note on Sources, Bibliography, index. Binding tight, white adhesive tape repair to rear hinge, else, No markings, pages clean, 6.5" x 9.5". Red half-cloth & half grey paper covered boards with black lettering to front board, black and white lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers, and dark-grey top text block. Pictorial dj in acetate protector, DJ Price Clipped. Edgewear around top/bottom spine DJ, 1/8" chip to fr lower corner. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Octavo. 256 pp, Preface, 4 unpaginated b7w plates - illustrations, 2 Maps, 5 Parts / 20 chapters, Appendixes A & B, A Note on Sources, Index. 5.75" x 8.75" black leather boards, gilt design, letters, and text block.Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, exterior with black soiled spots on fr and rear cover, else Near Fine.. .

Anapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Quarto. xvii (i), 402 (2) pp, illus. list of maps and track charts, foreword, Preface, Abbreviations, 5 Sections / 23 chapters with Organization Tables, ship lists, b&w photos, etc., Appendix A & B, notes, bibliography, index. Not Price Clipped. Light edge wear dj. only the slightest offset from perfectly square text block ffep, minor indent on bottom spine edge cloth (1/32") else Fine. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.25" x 10.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and map on endpapers. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "The first non-Japanese language battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II to recount the war in the Pacific as the Japanese saw and officially recorded it.".

London: Sidgewick and Jackson, Ltd., 1925 Book. Very Good-Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. 271 pp, preface, list b&w illustrations, introductrion, Part I. The Galley Period: 1. Battle of Salamis; 2. Bottle of Actium; 3. Battle of Lepanto. Part II. The Sailing-Ship Period: 4. The Armada Operations; 5. Battle of the Saints; 6. Battle of the Glorious First of June; 7. Battle of St. Vincent; 8. Battle of the Nile; 9. Battle of Trafalgar. Part III. The Age of Steam: 10. Battle of Lissa; 11. Battle of Tsushima; 12. Batt;e pf tje Fa;l;amds; index. First Edition, 1925. Inked name on front pastedown. Minor edge wear with age-toned free end papers, and lightly age-toned endpapers, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine..

Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1913. Book. Very Good +. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. Large 8vo. No Dust Jacket, As Issues. (4) 354 (4) pp, Introduction; Bibliographie general; Infanterie; Cavalerie; Artillerie; Train des epuipages; Troupes coloniales; Artillerie de marine; Infanterie de marine; Gendarmerie et garde republicaine; Sapeurs pompiers de Paris; Gardiens de la paix; Ecoles militaires; Corps de Sante; Veterinaires; Intendance; Corpsd'e'tait-major; Commis et ouvriers d'administration; Divers; Addenda; Table des noms propres; Table du matieres. Revue des Bibliotheques, Supplement XI, 1913. Inscribed by Jean Hanoteau on prelim. Rebound in three-quarter leeather. Tipped in plate on front pastedown. Some age-toning to prelims with dustline to top text block edge, and faintly age-toned bottom and fore-text block edge, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red three-quarter leather with marbled paper-covered… Read More

Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1927 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 312 pp. with b&w illustrations. 21.-44. Tausend. Text in German. Minor edgewear with lightly rubbed rear board, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt borders and lettering..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. x (vi), 219 (4) pp, preface, list of 4 maps, list of 4 tables, I. The Framework of Policy; II. Problems and Policies; III. Russia, China, and the Korean War; IV. Peking's Reactions: June-July; V. August: Military and Diplomatic Stalemate; VI. The United Nations Crossed the Parallel; VII. Peking Crosses the Yalu; VIII. Motivations Behind Intervention: IX. In Retrospect; notes, bibliography, index. First Printing, 1960. Inscribed by the author on half-title. "This book examines the question: what led up to the Chinese Communist intervention in the Korean War? Penetrating and rigorously objective, it analyzes the factors contributing to Peking's decision for war --- a decision that relusted in the clandestine crossing of the Yalu River by 300,000 Chinese Communist 'volunteers' in the weeks before November 26, 1950." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Only the slightest wear to top and… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 252 pp, list of maps, 1. Foreshadowings; 2. Antagonisms; 3. The Drift to War; 4. Collision; 5. Wishful Planning; 6. Bitter Victory: Monterrey; 7. Shifting Strategy; 8. Out on a Limb; 9. Deployment; 10. Crisis; 11. Recovery; 12. Results; appendix: The guns at Buena Vista; notes, bibliography, index. Great Battles of History series: First Edition, 1966. "In his contribution to the Great Battles of History series, the author gives a fresh view of the action and its historical import: first the preliminary campaigns and then the two days of fierce fighting at Buena Vista --- the breakthrough by Santa Anna's men, the magnificent recovery by the outnumbered Americans, the confused withdrawal of theMexicans, and behind the lines, the acidulous intrigues that caused whole battalions to be shifted first one way and then another." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and… Read More

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1978 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. Oblong Quarto. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. x, 575 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, terms & abbreviations, conversion tables, A-Z by country, index with b&w illustrations throughout. English translation prepared by A. D. Baker III. This guide was first published in 1897 by Captain de Balincourt, French Navy. It was continued from 1928 to 1943 by Captain Vincent-Brechignac, French Navy, and from 1943 to 1974 by Henri Le Masson. This the Second in the English-language series was prepared under the direction of the staff of the United States Naval Institute. Inked name on ffep, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown leatherette..

New York: The Century Co., 1929 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. (6) 325 pp, foreword, list of b&w illustrations, I. A Son of the Sea; II. Picaroon and Corsair; III. Prison and Quarter-Deck; IV. The Taking of a Wife; V. The First Prize of "1812"; VI. Scouting the Atlantic; VII. Around the Horn; VIII. Free Trade and Sailors' Rights; IX, Explorer and Historian; X. Dreams of Empire; XI. Carbonade Against Long Gun; XII. Farmer and Commissioner; XIII. Death to Pirates; XIV. "Mexican Fiasco"; XV. The Last of an American; index. First Printing, 1929.. "This stirring biography tells how David Porter, one of the greatest of the Fathers of the American Navy, put to sea at sixteen with his father; how he was twice impressed by the British and each time made his escape; how he fought the Barbary pirates under Bainbridge and was captured and imprisioned in the dungeons of Tripoli; how he captured the first Biritsh ship of… Read More

Washington D.C.: Division of International Law of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1942 Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. First English Edition. 4to. iii, 128 pp, including: Chapter XIII, Military Jurisdiction and Martial Law: Sections 94-102, Chapter XV, The Administration of Occupied Territories in China: Sections 107-115, Chapter XVI, Obligations Imposed Upon the Inhabitants of the Occupied Territories in China: Sections 116-122, Chapter XVII, The Protection of Missionaries, of Imperial Mausoleums and the Large Towns of China: Sections 124-127, Chapter XVIII, The Occupation of Sakhalin: Section 129. These extracts from Professor Ariga's well-known treatise have been translated and reproduced by the staff of the Division of International Law of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for Official use during the Present War. First English Edition, 1942. Slightly warn at spine edge with partially age-toned margins, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1961 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 252 pp, intorduction, 7 chapters, bibliography, index with b&w photographs. Tears head & foot of dj, o.w. clean and tight. Light green cloth..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo. xiv (iv), 304 pp, illus. Introduction by Count Luckner. Stated First Edition, 1929. Signed and Dated April 1929 by the Author on ffep. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown. Lightly faded cloth spine with dust line to top text block, and faintly age-toned fore- text block edge, else, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 5.75" x 8.25". Blue cloth with black cruiser and lettering to front board, and black lettering to spine. "The Kronprinz Wilhelm powerful first account of the First World War German 'Mystery Cruiser' that became an auxiliary warship from 1914-1915 for the Imperial German Navy. This ship cruised around the Atlantic throughout the opening year of the war eluding her enemies in a remarkable 40,000-mile voyage, capturing and sinking 14 British, French and Norwegian merchant ships without loss of life to either… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1948. Book. Illus. by Palacios, Rafael - cartography. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. xiv + 560 pp, 24 chapters with maps and illustrations, acknowledgments, footnotes, appendices A, B, & C, , glossary of military code names, index. Photos selected by Edward Steichen. 6" x 9" red leather boards x 2" thick. Binding tight and square. gile cover design. gilt text block. gilt letters to spine and fr cover. Some light external wear to gilt trim ekse Fine / HC. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Large Octavo. 657 pp, prevous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. acknowledgments, Prologue, 32 chapters, 2 clumps of 16 pp b&w glossy plates - photos, glossary, endnotes, index. 6.3" x 9.6" black leather covered boards, gilt design, letters, and textblock. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, gilt fr and rear covers bright, spine gilt dimmed slightly but easily legible. .

London/New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1970 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. (4) 280 pp, acknowledgments, 1. The Farraguts; 2. Mr. Midshipment Farragut; 3. Action in the Essex; 4. To Valparaiso; 5. The End of the Essex; 6. Captives; 7. The Making of a Midshipment; 8. Service Without Recognition; 9. Pirate Hunting; 10. The Versatile Lieutenant; 11. Commander; 12. Captain; 13. The Turns of the Cards; 14. War; 15. New Orleans; 16. The Battle of the Forts; 17. The Barrier; 18. Capture of New Orleans; 19. Vicksburg; 20. Blockade; 21. Port Hudson; 22. Valor; 23. Mobile Bay; 24. The Last Battle; 25. The Tennessee; 26. The First Admiral; 27. The Hero; index. First Edition, 1970. "This boo presents a unique biography, for it describes Admiral Farragut's human weaknesses as well as his heric strength. The author tells gripping stories of the men, the ships, and the strategies that characterized the U.S. Navy from its baptism in the War of 1812… Read More