Spanish-American War
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The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than...
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Empire By Default
by Ivan Musicant
After the Spanish-American War of 1898, America’s first imperial overseas adventure, the nation would be acknowledged internationally as a global player with a navy second to none. It was the dawn of the American century. Here, moving from the councils of Madrid to the conferences in Washington, from the victory at Manila Bay to the battle of San Juan Hill, from factional in-fighting to inflammatory journalism, Musicant offers a dramatic narrative that will stand as the definitive account. Here are the...
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Empire By Default
by Musicant, Ivan
After the Spanish-American War of 1898, America’s first imperial overseas adventure, the nation would be acknowledged internationally as a global player with a navy second to none. It was the dawn of the American century. Here, moving from the councils of Madrid to the conferences in Washington, from the victory at Manila Bay to the battle of San Juan Hill, from factional in-fighting to inflammatory journalism, Musicant offers a dramatic narrative that will stand as the definitive account. Here are the...
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The Rough Riders
by Roosevelt, Theodore
In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than...
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IN WHITE AND KHAKI: Selected Rhymes
by A.L. Price
Manila: Kemlein & Johnson, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth, stamped in blind and white. Light shelf wear but in very good condition overall. Signature of Cusater Hanks, Battery A 5th Regt. US Field Artillery and dated May 1908 in the Philippines. Scarce collection of poetry dealing with the American occupation of the Philippines in the early 20th century. Includes the author's most famous poem "You're Always in the Way". Price, a private in the US Army Hospital Corps,...
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NZ$255.33
Imperial Democracy: a Study of the Relation of Government by the People, Equality before the Law, and Other Tenets of Democracy, to the Demands of a Vigorous Foreign Policy and other Demands of Imperial Dominion
by Jordan, David Starr
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1899. First edition. Cloth. Wear to spine ends else a very good copy.. ix, 293 pp. Sm. 8vo. Eight addresses especially concerning the war with Spain by David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) noted scientist, former president of Indiana Univ., then first present of Stanford University. He was best known, however, as a peace activist and was a vice president of the Anti-Imperialist League (1899), an honorary vice president of the National Association of Anti-Imperialist Clubs...
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The Martial Spirit
by Millis, Walter
Missing the dust jacket otherwise excellent.
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NZ$18.72
A LEAP TO ARMS; The Cuban Campaign of 1898
by Dierks, Jack Cameron
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. Battle Maps. 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with a few B&W maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an engraving of American warships, blue map endpapers, xi + 240 pages. Exceptional Condition! An excellent study of the Spanish-American War as it mainly affected Cuba during 1898.
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NZ$42.56
THE FOURTEENTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD - THE FOURTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
by Sergt.Maj. Charles E. Creager
Columbus: Landon Printing & Publishing, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 330p, maps, plates. Blue decorated cloth. Lightly rubbed at spine ends, interior clean and tight,a dn the whole in very good condition. Scarce Spanish-American War regimental history. The unit's service during the Civil War is briefly chronicled along with is role in quelling various riots in Ohio but the vast majority of the book deals with the Spanish-American War. The regiment saw combat in Puerto Rico and was present at...
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NZ$595.77
The Rough Riders (Modern Library War)
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Modern Library, 1999. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Faint toning to edge. 1999 Trade Paperback. 262 pp. In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough...
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NZ$11.92
Concise History of Posters, A
by Barnicoat, John
London, Great Britain: Thames and Hudson, 1972. Soft. Good++ in good- dust jacket. 8vo, 8 3/4. Good++ in good- dust jacket. Dust jacket cover was faded, edges and corners rubbed with some nicks and tears. Cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. 288pp.
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NZ$15.31
Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
by Musicant, Ivan
Henry Holt and Co, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($35.00 price intact). Published by Henry Holt, 1998. Octavo. Cream cloth over white boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 740 pages. ISBN: 9780805035001. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING!...
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NZ$34.04
The Martial Spirit
by Millis, Walter
Chicago, IL : Elephant Paperbacks/Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1989. Softcover. Good. Paperback, 8vo.
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NZ$18.24
Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor: As Told by the Heros Themselves and Their Comrades
New York: Century. Good. 1899. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on cover and spine is dull, but legible. A large panoramic fold out loose but inserted in the book. ; Color & b&w illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 503 pages .
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NZ$42.47
The Martial Spirit: A Study of Our War With Spain
by Millis, Walter
NY: The Literary Guild of America. VG+. 1931. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. A VG+ copy in a Good dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Tanning to the e ndpapers and to the page margins. The dust jacket is chipped and fraye d at the head and base of its spine. Chips and creases along the panel s' upper edges. The front panel is rubbed and has a 1 1/4" vertical te ar at its lower edge. Soiling to the jacket's spine. With twenty-five...
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NZ$25.53
Cuba - War Map and History of Cuba Including the Opening of the Spanish American War...1898 FIRST EDITION
by Hannaford, E
1898 - WAR MAP and History of Cuba Including the Opening of the Spanish American War from the Latest Official and Most Authentic Sources. By Lieut. E. Hannaford. Copyright, 1898, by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. Springfield, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick: 1898.Own a piece of history in this small paper cover mini-history of Cuba with its spectacular maps. Very good explanation of not only the history but the lead-up causes to Spanish-American war, the United States and Spanish war vessels, as well as...
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NZ$244.69
An Illustrated History of Our War With Spain, 1898 First Ed
by Russell, Henry B
An Illustrated History of Our War With Spain. Its Causes, Incidents, and Results Embracing A Complete Record of Military and Naval Operations from the Beginning to the Close of the Conflict with Descriptions of Battles, Sieges, Exploits, and Achievements of Our Army and Navy. By Henry B Russell, with Introductions by Hon Redfield Proctor and Hon John M Thurston. Superbly Illustrated wotj Steel-Plate Portraits, Many Full Page Engravings from Original Drawings and Photographs and New and Accurate Maps....
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NZ$260.01
The Martial Spirit : A Study of Our War with Spain
by Millis, Walter
The Riverside Press, 1931. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, illustrated with photographs. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket.
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NZ$42.56
The Rough Riders: An Account of the Experiences and Hardships of the American Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
Paperback / softback. New.
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NZ$30.64
Banners in the Air: The Eighth Ohio Volunteers and the Spanish-American War
by Hard, Curtis V.; Ferrell, Robert H
The Kent State University Press, 1988. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
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NZ$30.64
WAR-TIME ECHOES. Patriotic Poems, Heroic and Pathetic Humorous and Dialectic of the Spanish-American War. Selected and arranged by James Henny Brownlee, M.A.
by Brownlee, James Henry
New York, Akron, Chicago: The Werner Company, (1898). hardcover. very good. Octavo, pictorial cloth covers with gilt titles. xvi + 17-209 pages + 7 pages of publisher's ads.Former owner name stamp on front paste-down endpaper; spine a bit darkened, else very good. No dust jacket. 102504A
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NZ$30.64
The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
Paperback / softback. New. The advent of war with Spain was a glorious opportunity for forceful leadership not to be missed by the hotheaded young Theodore Roosevelt. He resigned his post as assistant-secretary of the Navy in A
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NZ$66.70
THE MARTIAL SPIRIT
by Walter Millis
New York: Literary Guild of America, 1931. Hardcover. 427p; 25 plates. Red cloth. Spine lettering faded else a clean tight hardcover book in very good condition. History of the Spanish-American War.
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NZ$25.53
Empire by Default. The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
by Musicant, Ivan
New York: Henry Holt, 1998. First edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.. ix, 740 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and map. 8vo.
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NZ$25.53
A Leap to Arms: The Cuban Campaign of 1898
by Dierks, Jack Cameron
Fine in mylar-protected dj.; Maps on endpapers, index, biblio, notes, appendices, 4 b/w maps.
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NZ$42.56
