Cavalry: The Military Horse through the Ages

Witten, KLIO Arbeitsgruppe Waterloo, 1977. Quarto. Pp. 42 printed on recto only i.e. 21 leaves of text. Plus 5 plates outside the pagination, printed on card paper. Illustrated with diagrams and troop formations. Footnotes, bibliography. Stencilled publication in original wrappers. In fine condition. - - First edition. NOTE: This item is not subject to return, unless if found at variance with its description. Exceedingly scarce. . more information

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Wien, Seidel, 1895. Crown quarto. Pp. 144. Plus 7 large folding lithographed plates with numerous illustrations. With 42 illustrations to the text; tables. Hardcover, contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Reading copy only. (Textual part is in a very good condition with some old institutional stamps and markings. Folding plates are in poor condition, torn, repaired.) First edition. A remarkably detailed study on the construction of horse-drawn carts in military use. Probably the last such treatise to be written on the subject. Very scarce. . more information

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Berlin, Mittler, 1927. Octavo. Pp. 88. With line-drawn illustration. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, shelf labels to spine. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps and marks). - - First edition. Two other works by Maximilian von Poseck were translated into English, 'The German Cavalry in Belgium and France, 1914' (OCLC: 14912113); and 'Engagement at Néry' (OCLC: 37570718 ), both published in 1922. Not on KVK nor OCLC. Not in the complete catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. . more information

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Leipzig, Zuckschwerdt, n.d (ca. 1890). . Royal octavo. Pp. 228, (16) illustrated advertisements, publisher's catalogue. With 85 fine illustrations, some full-page. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine gilt, silken endpapers, all edges coloured red. In fine condition. Excellent copy of a lovely book, perfectly preserved. . more information

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London, Marshall Cavendish, 1976. 4to. Pp. 105. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates and text illustrations, many of which full- or double-page. Hardcover, original pale red cloth, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. Both are in new condition. Excellent. First edition. . more information

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Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1977-79. Four volumes. Quarto. Pp. xix, 195; xii, 215; xi, 268; x, 136. Profusely illustrated throughout; colour plates. Indices. Set in double columns. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt direct and on crimson ground, dark yellow endpapers, with dust-jackets. In a very fine condition. Excellent set, practically unused. - - All four volumes are first edition. A classic, standard work, written and illustrated by Steffen (1917-1977), noted artist-historian of the American military and the west. A very handsome, complete set of the first edition exceptionally well preserved. - - FULL TITLES: The Horse Soldier, 1776-1943. The United States Cavalryman: His Uniforms, Arms, Accoutrements, and Equipments. Volume I: The Revolution, the War of 1812, the Early Frontier, 1776-1850; Volume II: The Frontier, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, 1851-1880; Volume III: The Last of the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American war, the Brink of the Greta War, 1881-1916; Volume IV: World War I, the Peacetime Army, World War II, 1917-1943. ISBN:#0806112832 ISBN:#0806114509 ISBN:#0806114517 ISBN:#0806114525 . 0806112832 0806114509 0806114517 0806114525. more information

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