The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914 - 1918 : Volume II - the Western Front (Volume 2) by A.G. Butler - 1940

Privately Printed, 1943 Tan decorated w/blue/yellow Ribbon of Honor. Inscribed, "To Miss Alice Wainwright with my compliments, Richard Derby March 8, 1943." Wake Island, The Fox Holes of Bataan, The Supreme Test of Valor, Subic Bay Saga, To Philip Billings, Brooksville Maine. very scarce. OCLC list 4 copies 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Leipzig: Verlag Karl H. Hiersemann, 1923. Precious Weapons from the Dresden Armory, with 82 illuminated plates, 2 of them colored. Text in German. Bound in original quarter vellum and green leather boards, spine gilt ruled and decorated, and with two gilt morocco labels, boards gilt ruled, upper front cover lettered in gilt, With full page black and white photographic illustrations, text verso. Very Good Plus, small repaired tear to vellum at head of spine, light rubbing to leather boards at the tips. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. This over-sized and heavy book will require extra postage from international buyers. . First Edition. Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale , 1780. v, 252, xxvi pp. with three fold-out charts, collated complete,with no gap in paging 23-66 as in later 1781 edition.. Second Edition, 1780, the first edition published 1779. RARE in this edition, last copy at auction 1947 (RBH), OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide, the Morgan Library and Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary crushed morocco, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers, all adges gilt. Very Good, light wear at joints and corners, the 2nd fold-out chart with small edge tears and creases, the3rd with added crease and faint toning. . Second Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1856 1ed Sebastopol Russian War CRIMEA Color MAP RUSSIA Battle Military Russell
A rare, 1st edition of William Howard Russell's account of the Crimean War. Russell was an Irish reporter for the London Times, known to be one of the first 19th-century war correspondents who made his name known for covering the Siege of Sevastopol.

This 1856 printing of 'Complete History of the Russian War' features impressive, folding color maps including the famous 'Siege Operations of Sebastopol', which is often known to be extracted from this work. It also includes double-page engravings of battle scenes.

Item number: #14148
Price: $750
RUSSELL, William Howard
Complete History of the Russian War, from its commencement to its close, giving a graphic picture [o]f the great drama of war, embracing a superb map of the seat of war and a magnificent engraving of the bombardment and fall of Sebastopol, showing the attack and capture of the Malakoff, assault on the Redan, and fall of Sebastopol,
New York: John G. Wells,… Read More

1848 1ed Mexican War United States Military Texas Alamo Mexico Mansfield Plates
"It has been wisely remarked by a distinguished American statesman, that 'the commencement of the Mexican War was the opening of a new volume of American history.'"
– E.D. Mansfield, The Mexican War, preface
Known most for his books on United States military, E.D. Mansfield wrote works on the life of U.S. Grant, Winfield Scott, and the Mexican War, but also wrote books on American education. This book on the history of the Mexican War includes maps and battle views.

Item number: #14660
Price: $499
MANSFIELD, Edward Deering
The Mexican War a history of its origin, and a detailed account of the victories which terminated in the surrender of the capital; with the official despatches of the generals. To which is added, the treaty of peace, and valuable tables of the strength and losses of the United States Army.
New York, A.S. Barnes & Co.; Cincinnati, H.W. Derby & Co., 1848. First edition.

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Privately Printed, 1943 Tan decorated w/blue/yellow Ribbon of Honor. Inscribed, "To Miss Alice Wainwright with my compliments, Richard Derby March 8, 1943." Wake Island, The Fox Holes of Bataan, The Supreme Test of Valor, Subic Bay Saga, To Philip Billings, Brooksville Maine. very scarce. OCLC list 4 copies 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Naples, Italy: Domenico-Antonio Parrino, 1709. Paperback. Near Fine. Title page continued: "Colla Copia della Lettera, che scrive il Sereniss. Principe Eugenio di Savoja, In data de' 10. del caduto Decembre, Iu cui da raguaglio, che la Cittadella di Lilla con nuovo, e rarissimo esempio, prima di cominciare à batterla; senza lo sparo ne meno di un Cannone, abbia chiesto di Capitolare, e siasi resa agli 8. del medesimo Decembre à patti di buona Guerra. Capitata detta copia di lettera a' S. Emin. il Cardinal Grimani . . . In Napoli per Dom. Ant. Parrino, e Camillo Cavallo." [8] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Caption title. Woodcut initial. Original, or early, marbled stiffened wrappers. Endpapers are laid paper with partial watermark: "D. Giovanni Di G. M." Pages are untrimmed. Dura, Catalogo di Libri Antichi e Rari Vendibili in Napoli (1861), 14645. This rare pamphlet contains a report of military success in Flanders with a letter written by hero of the War… Read More

Netherlands, 1710. Paperback. Good. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Possibly disbound from a larger volume. No publication information. Not in Worldcat or STCN; not in Knuttel. Intended as a continuation of J.M.G.V. Bouckart's satirical poem "Koning Lodewyk in de Griekse A tot Delft, op het Eyndigen der Campangje 1702" (1702) [Knuttel, 14818]. In this poem the speakers are Louis XIV, the spirit of Abbe Porto-Carero, and Lucifer. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. In Good Condition: disbound?; lacking stitching; outer two leaves separating; old dampstaining throughout.

Paris: Chez Magimel, Levrault, Schoell, Strasbourg , F. G. Levrault. Very Good+. 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter leather over clean marble boards. Gilt decorated spine title and panels. Yellow endpaper. (ii) -(xvi) 321pp (ii) + 16 clean fold out plates with 164 illustrations. Includes Errata, (Table of Contents). First two pages very lightly foxed. Bottom front corners lightly rubbed. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Military, Strategies of attack & defense, underground fortification, early dissertation on mines and explosives ; Engraved plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 321 pages .

London: Printed By Ellerton and Henderson, 1821. Small Octavo. iv, 42 pages. This rare pamphlet gives an account in detail of the sexual practices on vessels both in port and in foreign countries. There were hundreds of prostitutes along with sailors wives (and children) were also inside the closed quarters with each bunk or hammock measuring 24" sexual activity began to take place. The Lords describe the various encounters in the narrow hammocks, the stench, the drunkeness, and the crude blasphemies and mockeries of the Lord's Prayer and Apostle's Creed. Of course, the problem of venereal disease was overwhelming and many of the ship's surgeons resigned if they had any other opportunity to avoid service on these ships. The outroar came when George Charles Smith whose ministry was on behalf of sailors and their families (see DNB) who wrote a series of pamphlets for the laymen in the seaports of England. Harvard University Library has many of his bound pamphlets under the title Prose and Poetry (not… Read More