Search Results: Titles starting with H from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1968. 349pp/frontis. A collection of criticisms which Mencken wrote for 'The Smart Set' between 1908 and 1923. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. 183pp/illus/maps. First edition, no other printings listed. The unpublished letters of Stanley as he attempts to contruct three stations in the Congo, lauch a steamer, and maintain communications with the sea. These letters begin as he recovers from a serious illiness. The letter speak of a man of great strenght and determination. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1907. 284pp/illus. A collection of the folklore and legends of the Hawaiians, gathered from Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian historians, with many stories having been individually presented in the Hawaiian Annual. The book is bound in brown cloth with black printing and black and orange decorations-- very attractive binding, Front top right corner has piece missing. . First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Seattle, WA: Superior Pub. Co, 1971. 128p/illus. A pictorial history of a Russian-built gunboat, the Politofsky, built for the Bering Sea fur trade. Much on Russian Alaska, Seattle, etc. Illustrated from historic photographs by period photographers, E.A. Hegg, Asahel Curtis and F.H. Nowell. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 49.50.

Paris, France: Ducollet Libraire Editeur, 1838. Vols 1 and 2, 311pp/306pp with engravings. History of the Crusades. French text. University Royale de France 1844-45 dated bookplate inside front covers.Tight and Clean.. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1917. 688pp. Vol. VIII - 1811-1812. covers two more years of the slogging war in the Peninsula, together with the 1812 War with the United States in which British troops burned the White House. There are details of many battles in Spain, including Barrosa, Badajoz, Fuentes de Onoro, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca and others of fame during the Peninsula War. Has library bookplate inside front cover and markings on title and copyright pages. Otherwise clean and unmatked.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1906. Part 1 London 1906, Macmillan first UK edition, Part 2 London 1915 second ed, original red cloth VG- condition( spine sunning, some cover wear. Vol. 1 - 51pp contents & 598 pages, .vol. 2 - xviii, 369 pages, index. map case has 27 fold-out color maps. . Vol. IV Part I deals with the French Revolutionary wars from 1789 to the Treaty of Amiens in 1798 which provided a brief breathing space of one year for both sides in the continuous warring between Britain and France which raged until Waterloo in 1815. It includes British operations in the Netherlands, the West Indies, South Africa and Ireland. Vol. IV Part 2 - goes up to 1801. The examination of the British Army is also expanded, and an important appendix gives exact details of British Army pay. Maps and plans complete. All volumes clean. Part 2 is sunned on spine.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1910. xiii, 437 pages. 17 color fold out maps, index. Vol. V - the period 1803 to 1807. Detailed treatment of the situation and operations in the East Indies , India and Ceylon, the West Indies, Europe and the Mediterranean. Has British Staff College Library stamp on half-title and end-paper, Otherwise clean with no markings.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2005. 319pp/illus. Biography of Hitler's head of the Abwehr--the German secret service & described by his Russian counterparts as the most dangerous intelligence man in the world. Clean no marks.. 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.& J. Boydell, 1791. Hardcover Vol 1 -[vi]cxxii,311pp/illus Vol 2 - 311-607pp/illus both First edition printed in 1791. Vol 3 -380pp/illus 1804 (G&W Nicol. Beautiful engraved vignette title to each volume and a viginette and printed title to vol.3, with a 3 page list of Hogath's works at the end of vol 2. Approx 133 beautiful engraved plates and tailpiece vignettes, the engraved dedication plate in vol.3 signed W. Hogarth. Some slight spotting and a stain in the margin of 1 plate. Contemporary (original) full calf leather is in very good condition and uniform with spines intact. Cover loose on Vols 1. Volumes 2 & 3 tight. Light edgewear, rubbing and foxing. Generally tight and clean.. First Edition. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1991. 73 watercolours, in colour, foreword by the queen, an apreciation, introduction by the prince, the watercolours; english scenes, impressions of scotland, views of Italy, France and Spain, images from further afield, list, 160 pages Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berlin, Germany: Paul Franke Verlag, 1931. 350pp w/241 color and b&w illus. German text.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1996. Book has 384 pages with a few beautiful illustrations. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. A biography of the Habsburg family.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987. 312pp/illus/maps. Contents: The Princeps and the City; The Campus Martius; Imperial Fora; Forum Romanum, Rome's Traditional Center; Imperial Residences; Hadrian's Mausoleum and the Pons Aelius; Missing and Misidentified Buildings; Conclusions. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Tel Aviv, Israel: Sinai Publishing , 1961. 106+ pages with 17 tipped-in color illustrations. English/Hebrew text. Beautiful Haggada.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A. Allweil. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Viking Adult, 1991. 362pp/illus/maps. Maintains that Haig's version of events like that of the Official History is largely falsified. Draws on many sources not previously available to Historians. Also gives many interesting examples of French duplicity. Has remainder mark on bottom. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Adult, 1991. 362pp/illus/maps. Maintains that Haig's version of events like that of the Official History is largely falsified. Draws on many sources not previously available to Historians. Also gives many interesting examples of French duplicity. Has remainder mark on bottom. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1995. 164pp. profusely illus. in colour (some full-page). cloth. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

London: Robert Hardwicke. 106pp w/b&w plates. (c. 1874) Light stain covering top half of frontis. Tight and clean. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

East Detroit, MI: East Detroit Historical Society, 1979. 159pp/illus. Fully illustrated with photos and maps. History of Erin Township and the community of Halfway. Clean. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.