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War Is a Racket by Butler, Smedley D - 1935

War Is a Racket

by Butler, Smedley D

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New York: Round Table Press, Inc., 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 52pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with black titling to front & spine, slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to front pastedown, label remnant to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. DJ flaps laid in. Short book based on retired US Marine Corps Major General's anti-war speech given throughout the United States in the early 1930s. The author draws on his career military experience, discussing the ways in which industry, subsidized by taxpayers, profits from warfare. Contents: War Is a Racket; Who Makes the Profits?; Who Pays the Bills?; How to Smash This Racket!; To Hell with War!
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  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1935
  • Keywords military war anti-war pacifism pacifist industry profits capitalism economics politics polemics

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The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. A Personal Narrative
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The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. A Personal Narrative

by Oliphant, Laurence

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Edinburgh and London. 1856. First edition. Octavo. xxvii, 234pp. Tinted litho. frontis., 3 further tinted litho. plates, folding plan of the Passage of the Ingour, large folding map. Title page woodcut vignette, 3 further woodcut illustrations. Recent quarter calf, spine in six with raised bands, leather label, gilt lettering and motifs, marbled boards. Renewed endpapers. Light foxing to plates. Large map folds carefully reinforced with paper tape. Neat marginal pencil note to xxv. A crisp handsome copy with all maps and plates as listed.
Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) Author, Adventurer, Spy, Diplomatic Negotiator, Lawyer, Religious Mystic.
As correspondent for The Times at Trebizond Oliphant met the Turkish commander Omar Pasha, joined his force and was present at the battle of the Ingour. A first hand valuable account of Ottoman military operations from both a political and military point of view.
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, etc., Documents, Essays, and Facts;...
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, etc., Documents, Essays, and Facts; Together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a Record of the Events of the Times. Volume 3, and Appendix. 26 issues from September 1812 - March 1813.

by Niles, Hezekiah, ed.

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Baltimore: The Franklin Press, 1813. THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, Geographical, Scientifical, Astronomical, Statistical and Biographical Documents, Essays, and Facts; Together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a Record of the Events of the Times. Volume 3, fully indexed, Addenda and Appendix. 26 issues covering the period from September 1812 - March 1813. First edition. 26 issues bound together with addenda and appendix. Published Baltimore: The Franklin Press, 1812-1813. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 10 1/4", iii+ 416; 1 plate plus 16pp. addenda entirely on the Oliver Evans' Columbian Steam Engine, plus 64pp. appendix. Every issue contains notices on the progress of the War. Some issues list the prizes made by the American Navy, name and size of vessels and crews. Half roan and marbled boards. Some toning, minimal foxing to preliminaries, small loss at top corner of general title page, some scuff/edgewear else very good, clean and attractive. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More
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The Spartan Army
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The Spartan Army

by Lazenby, J. F.

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Warminster, UK: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 210pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Shows the reasons that for at least two centuries the Spartan army was the most formidable war machine in Greece. Examines the organization, composition and training of the army and traces its basic organization back to the eighth century. Also analyzes some of the main campaigns including Thermopylai, Platea, Sphakteria, Mantinea, The Nemea, Koroneia, Lechaion and Leuktra. The last part continues the story to the end of Green Independence. Illustrated with pictures, maps and plans.
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The Machine Gun:  History, Evolution, and Development of Manual,  Automatic, and Airborne...
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The Machine Gun: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons (in three volumes)

by Chinn, George M.

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Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and soiled, page tops dampstained, . owner name on front free endpapers, spine of Vol II worn, rear hinge of . Vol III cracked.. First Printing. Hardcover. 1951 / 1952 / 1953.4to. Blue cloth. Vol I xxiv, 688pp, Vol II xxii, 215pp, Vol III xxxvi, 679pp. Illustrated endpapers, black and white photos and illustrations, charts, figures, appendices, bibliography, and indexes. A solid copy of this essential military reference set. Laid in are Department of the Navy documents stating that the material has been downgraded from being classified. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions
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Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions: With a record of the raising of her majesty's 100th Regiment in Canada and a chapter on Canadian social and political life.

by Boulton, Major (Charles Arkell)

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Boulton, Major (Charles Arkell)Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions With a record of the raising of her majesty's 100th Regiment in Canada and a chapter on Canadian social and political life.Toronto: Davis & Henderson/Grip Printing and Publishing, 1886Red buckram hardback with very nice gilt illustration and lettering upon red front board and gilt lettering upon spine.Floral front and end papers.- Frontispiece portrait (head to toe) of Major-General Fred Middleton with tissue guard - title page (with small repair to tear)- dedication - preface - reminiscences pp8-469appendixes; - official despatches pp471-498, - List of officers and Men pp499-531Condition; lacks pp 57-64 map and 1 illustration but appear never to have been bound in.Extra(!!); signed by the author Boulton.
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The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. A Personal Narrative
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The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. A Personal Narrative

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Edinburgh and London. 1856. First edition. Octavo. xxvii, 234pp. Tinted litho. frontis., 3 further tinted litho. plates, folding plan of the Passage of the Ingour, large folding map. Title page woodcut vignette, 3 further woodcut illustrations. Recent quarter calf, spine in six with raised bands, leather label, gilt lettering and motifs, marbled boards. Renewed endpapers. Light foxing to plates. Large map folds carefully reinforced with paper tape. Neat marginal pencil note to xxv. A crisp handsome copy with all maps and plates as listed.
Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) Author, Adventurer, Spy, Diplomatic Negotiator, Lawyer, Religious Mystic.
As correspondent for The Times at Trebizond Oliphant met the Turkish commander Omar Pasha, joined his force and was present at the battle of the Ingour. A first hand valuable account of Ottoman military operations from both a political and military point of view.
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, etc., Documents, Essays, and Facts;...
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, etc., Documents, Essays, and Facts; Together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a Record of the Events of the Times. Volume 3, and Appendix. 26 issues from September 1812 - March 1813.

by Niles, Hezekiah, ed.

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Baltimore: The Franklin Press, 1813. THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Containing Political, Historical, Geographical, Scientifical, Astronomical, Statistical and Biographical Documents, Essays, and Facts; Together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a Record of the Events of the Times. Volume 3, fully indexed, Addenda and Appendix. 26 issues covering the period from September 1812 - March 1813. First edition. 26 issues bound together with addenda and appendix. Published Baltimore: The Franklin Press, 1812-1813. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 10 1/4", iii+ 416; 1 plate plus 16pp. addenda entirely on the Oliver Evans' Columbian Steam Engine, plus 64pp. appendix. Every issue contains notices on the progress of the War. Some issues list the prizes made by the American Navy, name and size of vessels and crews. Half roan and marbled boards. Some toning, minimal foxing to preliminaries, small loss at top corner of general title page, some scuff/edgewear else very good, clean and attractive. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More
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The Spartan Army
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The Spartan Army

by Lazenby, J. F.

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Warminster, UK: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 210pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Shows the reasons that for at least two centuries the Spartan army was the most formidable war machine in Greece. Examines the organization, composition and training of the army and traces its basic organization back to the eighth century. Also analyzes some of the main campaigns including Thermopylai, Platea, Sphakteria, Mantinea, The Nemea, Koroneia, Lechaion and Leuktra. The last part continues the story to the end of Green Independence. Illustrated with pictures, maps and plans.
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The Machine Gun:  History, Evolution, and Development of Manual,  Automatic, and Airborne...
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The Machine Gun: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons (in three volumes)

by Chinn, George M.

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Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and soiled, page tops dampstained, . owner name on front free endpapers, spine of Vol II worn, rear hinge of . Vol III cracked.. First Printing. Hardcover. 1951 / 1952 / 1953.4to. Blue cloth. Vol I xxiv, 688pp, Vol II xxii, 215pp, Vol III xxxvi, 679pp. Illustrated endpapers, black and white photos and illustrations, charts, figures, appendices, bibliography, and indexes. A solid copy of this essential military reference set. Laid in are Department of the Navy documents stating that the material has been downgraded from being classified. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions
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Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions: With a record of the raising of her majesty's 100th Regiment in Canada and a chapter on Canadian social and political life.

by Boulton, Major (Charles Arkell)

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Boulton, Major (Charles Arkell)Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions With a record of the raising of her majesty's 100th Regiment in Canada and a chapter on Canadian social and political life.Toronto: Davis & Henderson/Grip Printing and Publishing, 1886Red buckram hardback with very nice gilt illustration and lettering upon red front board and gilt lettering upon spine.Floral front and end papers.- Frontispiece portrait (head to toe) of Major-General Fred Middleton with tissue guard - title page (with small repair to tear)- dedication - preface - reminiscences pp8-469appendixes; - official despatches pp471-498, - List of officers and Men pp499-531Condition; lacks pp 57-64 map and 1 illustration but appear never to have been bound in.Extra(!!); signed by the author Boulton.
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War is a Racket

by Butler, Smedley D

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War is a Racket

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War is a Racket: Original 1935 Edition

by Butler, Smedley D

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Chump Change, 4/4/1935 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Very Good. 0.3543 9.9606 7.0079. minor wear and creasing
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War Is A Racket: Original Edition
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War Is A Racket: Original Edition

by Butler, Smedley D

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Dauphin Publications, 2018-05-07. Used - Like New. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.
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War Is a Racket : The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
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War Is a Racket : The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Butler, Smedley D

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley D. Butler

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by Butler, Smedley D

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War is a Racket (Large Print)

by Butler, Smedley D

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War is a Racket

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Port Townsend, WA: Feral House, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. The antiwar classic by America's most decorated general, two other anti-interventionist tracts, and photographs from 'The Horror of It'." Introduction by Adam Parfrey. 66pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4" Minor bumping to spine edges.
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Quartering
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Quartering

by Reza, Seema

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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
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Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation

Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation

by Bishop, Randy

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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.
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BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU

BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU

by Miller, Charles

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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.
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NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980

NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980

by Clarfield, Gerard H. and William M. Wiecek

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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
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Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)

Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)

by National War College Class of 2009

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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.
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF...
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET

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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..
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Seeing the Elephant: Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)

Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)

by Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A

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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.
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The Iron Brigade

The Iron Brigade

by Nolan, Alan T

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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
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The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking: Accounts of Two Sieges, 1899 to 1900, Being the South...

The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking: Accounts of Two Sieges, 1899 to 1900, Being the South African War Experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down, and Samuel Cawood

by Davey, Arthur

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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.
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STURMGESCHUTZ-ABTEILUNG 202

by Szamveber, Norbert

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9786158007269 / 6158007269
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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.).
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