British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas 1740-1914 by Brawer, Nicholas A - 2001

2001-04. Hardback. Good. Good condition. The dust cover has light shelf wear and the spine is very slightly squashed. Otherwise very good condition with pages crisp and clean.

Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harry N. Abrams, 2001-03-31. hardcover. Like New. 8x1x11. Looks unread with previous owner's last name inked to flyleaf. Has museum flyer from exhibition of British Campaign Furniture laid in presumably where book was purchased. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Abrams, 2001., 2001. 231p. Color Photos. Oversize. Jacket priced. As New/As New copy. Hardcover. As New/As New.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. like new/like new. Harry N. Abrams, 2001, large format hardcover with dust jacket. First and only edition, scarce. In 'Like New' condition, appears unread. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail within US. === For Great Britain's gentlemen soldiers stationed in India, Africa, the South Seas, and North America, campaign furniture brought the comfort and civility of home to "life under canvas." Collapsible and compact, made to be carried on the march and assembled on site, these folding chairs, desks, and cots-used by armies since ancient times-reached an aesthetic apex in 18th- and 19th-century England. To convey their social status, gentleman soldiers stationed abroad ordered entire suites of the ingeniously designed, elaborately styled, fold-up furnishings, and manufacturers such as Chippendale, Sheraton, and Hepplewhite furiously competed for commissions. In the first-ever book on the subject, Nicholas A. Brawer meticulously details… Read More

Abrams Publishing, 2001. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Very light overall wear to the dust jacket, but with a small 1/2" chip to the top edge of the dust jacket, and jacket has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with slightly "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Gift inscription to the first endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Jacket photo of room with antique British furniture, and title in light tan lettering; 2001, Abrams Publishing; 232 pages; "British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914," by Nicholas A. Brawer.

Abrams Publishing, 2001. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Jacket photo of room with antique British furniture, and title in light tan lettering; 2001, Abrams Publishing; 232 pages; "British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914," by Nicholas A. Brawer.

Abrams Publishing, 2001. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. ** Signed by Nicholas A. Brawer on the title page **; Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Jacket photo of room with antique British furniture, and title in light tan lettering; 2001, Abrams Publishing; 232 pages; "British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914," by Nicholas A. Brawer.

NY: Abrams, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 220pp+ index. Very good hardback in a jacket that is sunned on the spine.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 231 pages: ill. Contents:Foreword/ Jerome Phillips p. 11. Acknowledgments. p. 13. I. British Campaign Furniture. Campaign Furniture as a Reflection of British Society. p. 19. End of an Era. p. 67. Characteristics of British Campaign Furniture. p. 75.Accelerating Demand for Campaign Furniture in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain. p. 109. Domestic Demand for Campaign Furniture in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain. p. 111. II. Elegance Abroad: A Portfolio. p. 121. III. Directory of British Campaign Furniture Makers, Outfitters, and Patentees. p. 157. Notes to the Directory. p. 216.Bibliography. p. 218.Index. p. 221. Photograph Credits. p. 231. Subjects: Outdoor furniture Great Britain History. Camping Great Britain Equipment and supplies History.Furniture industry… Read More

Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.

NY: Harper & Row, 1984. Signed by one of the authors on fep: To Jack, Best Wishes, William M. Wiecek. Price clipped dj in new mylar, overall minimal edge wear, bottom spine edge w/two small chips. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, page edges w/just a hint of dust soiling. Navy blue boards, silver lettering on spine, blind stamped publisher logo on cover. The authors cover the development of the atom bomb, what Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and their advisers thought about its use, Truman's attitude of it being "just another piece of artillery"; the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission and the escalation of the arms race. Other chapters cover "atoms for peace", the policies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the arms limitations agreements and the history of arms negotiations. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All… Read More

Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with owner's bookplates to inner front board and FFE, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG conditon with light rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.

Kobenhavn: Christian F. Romer's Forlag Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16 continuous-fold pages of col. illustrations of Danish uniforms and badges, ca. 1900. The covers have separated, but both they and the contents are in excellent condition. Bookplate of a former owner on the (blank) front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a very scarce publication. Captions in Danish..

Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Nolan, Alan T. : The Iron Brigade: A Military History. New York : Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine, gilt insignia of the Iron Brigade and its constituent regiments on front board. Semi-glossy dj, white background with black/gold/blue photo of the brigade's brimmed "slouch" hat. Front endpaper features map of where members of the brigade came from (Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin); rear endpaper shows map of where the brigade fought. Xviii pp prelim material, 412 numbered pp, 16 glossy b&w unnumbered pp throughout text, plus two blank unnumbered at end. Maps (by Wilson K. Hoyt III), photos, appendices (counties from which brigade members originated, commanders and officers, biographical note, uniform of the brigade, source materials for battle of Brawner Farm); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice unmarked first edition; corners… Read More

Greenwood Pub Group, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A. : "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies). New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Matte gray dj. Plain white endpapers. Bibliography, index. X pp prelim material, 215 numbered pp, 12 pp unnumbered illustrations to center, three pp unnumbered following (one blank, one author info, one blank). Condition notes: a clean copy, marred by six pages having red underlining (about two lines each). Slight rippling to dj, which also has a price sticker to front and is covered in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

PeKo Publishing Kft., 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 396pp, including 116p of b/w & col. maps, documents and photographs. An n excellent copy. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).