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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1887. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 378pp. Bound in red leather covers with gilt title and silver clasp. The front hinge is strained but intact, and this is otherwise a very good copy..
In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War, 1914 - 1919 ( Derby, England / Midland Rail ) by No Author / Midland Railway, Derby ( England ) - 1921
by No Author / Midland Railway, Derby ( England )
In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War, 1914 - 1919 ( Derby, England / Midland Rail )
by No Author / Midland Railway, Derby ( England )
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Derby, England : Derby, UK: Midland Railway, 1921, 1st edition, First Printing, 1921. -----------hardcover, a solid Very Good copy, light wear, a bit of age toning and soiling to gray cloth covers, browning to the endpapers, 72 pages, includes a colour Midland logo dedicated to King and Country, full page illustration of the Midland railway Cenotaph in two-tone, cenotaph was designed by Sir Edwin L Luytens, RA who was one of the pre-eminent architects at the time, lengthy (vi pages) introduction by the then General Manager (name unknown), of the 22,941 Midland employees who served this book lists the 2,833 men who gave their lives, 65 pages of names in very small type ---10% of the men who went to war, unbelievable!, as well there are lists that show: Number of Midland railway Employees Who Joined His Majesty's Forces --- Summary of the Number of MREs Who gave Their Lives in the Great War --- Number of Officers and Men Wounded or Invalided (another 7000+ men!!) --- Number of Officers and Men Taken Prisoner ---Description and Number of Decorations Conferred on MREs Serving with His Majesty's Forces (including 2 Victoria Cross medals ) --- Principal Works carried Out in the Midland Company's Shops, etc., for the Overseas Armies, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (see description)/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Text Cover. 8.25w x 11h Inches.
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- Keywords In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War, 1914 - 1919 ( Derby, England / Midland Rail )
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STATUTORY PROVISIONS REGULATIONS AND ORDERS FOR THE MILITIA OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1887
by Anonymous
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And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder -
by Rawlings, Leo with Supporting Account By Bill Duncan
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London: Rawlings, Chapman Publications, 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 'TO KATHY McKAY VERY BEST WISHES SINCERELY LEO RAWLINGS'. Stated First Edition. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail, sides and corner tips and is not price clipped and has a dustjacket protector fitted. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Dedication by Lord Russell of Liverpool. xxxi and 160 pages. Map of the notorious Railway of Death front endpaper and 119 plates. The artist's (1918-1984) now classic work as a prisoner of war for three and a half years of the Japanese in World War II, in which he describes the railway camps, the bridge building on the River Kwai, Changi in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and all of the horrors experienced by the POW's - all graphically illustrated by his now famous drawings. **** A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY **** 22. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rawlings, Leo. 8vo…
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Lion over Korea : 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, 1950-53
by Wilson, David
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Canberra, ACT, Australia: Banner Books, 1994. 215 pages with b/w illustrations. First equipped with propeller driven P-51 Mustangs, 77 Squadron received the latest British jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor Mk8 and flew it against Communist MiG-15s. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Queen's Gurkha Sapper: the story of the Royal Engineers (Gurkha), The Gurkha Engineers, The Queen's Gurkha Engineers 1948-1996
by Bowen, Hank
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st edition 1997. SIGNED on the title page by the Author. The book is in excellent clean condition being firmly bound and very carefully read. Short inscription by the author opposite the title page plus his signature again on the title page but no other inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. The jacket is also in VG condition with some light wear a little creasing at the top edge but no tears or loss. Illustrated mainly in b/w & some colour plates. .
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U.S.S. Baltimore, CA 68, Mediterranean Cruise 1952
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Olympia, Washington, United States
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Trieste: David Waddington, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 16mo. coarse buff covers, in buff slipcase, which has one corner worn through into the cardboard. no writing or marks. ship's roster in index..
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Marschall Canrobert - Erinnerungen Eines Jahrhundererts
by Papst, Germain
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Berlin: Karl Siegismund, 1912. Octavo. revised. 676 pp.Translated from the French, by Germain Bapf. frontispiece, 13 skteches, and 2 large fold-out maps at rear, 12pp. publisher's ads. Bound in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt. Binding rubbed, some wear to spine ends. A good copy.
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Cast-Off Youth: Policy and Training Methods from the Military Experience
by Sticht, Thomas G.;Armstrong, William B.;Hickey, Daniel T.;Caylor, John
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- 9780275926212
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Granville, New York, United States
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Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Praeger Pub Text, 1987. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Westport, CT: Praeger Pub Text, 1987, first printing. 8vo., xiv+216 pp., illustrated with tables. Near fine.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge
by Giles, Janice Holt
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- 9780395077443
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443
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The Howitzer, The Annual of the United States Corps of Cadets Class of 1928: United States Military Academy
by The Howitzer Board, United States Military Academy
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This Book is the United States Military Academy, Corps of Cadets Yearbook for 1928. This Book is written and published each year and highlights the graduating class, with a short biography for each graduate, plus the photos of the undergraduate classes in the Corps of Cadets. It also contains photos of the faculty and senior officers who are responsible for the professional development of the graduating class of new Army Officers. This Book has 560 pages and has numerous photos of interest. Each year of publication stands alone with a very limited number published and still available to collectors.
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
by Manchester, William
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- 9780316544986
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This Book is a Masterpiece account of one of the greatest American Military Generals of all time by award-winning Author, William Manchester. This Biography details the life of General Douglas MacArthur from childhood to the day he died. It covers his military career that spanned more than 50 years and includes his participation in all wars from the beginning of the 20th Century through Korea. This Book has maps and several sections of photographs spanning MacArthur's life and contains 793 pages, including the Bibliography and Index.
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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…
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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…
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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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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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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
by Anonymous
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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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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
by Szamveber, Norbert
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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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The Irish at Bunker Hill. Evidence of Irish Participation in the Battle of 17 June 1775. Edited by Catherine Sullivan with an introduction by A.M. Sullivan
by O'BRIEN, Michael J
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Shannon. Irish University Press. 1968. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 24cm, xi,231p., frontis, 1 plate, mapped & illustrated endpapers, appendices, index, green cloth, a very good to fine copy in good to very good complete illustrated jacket. (Mt) An important contribution to the literature of both the American Revolution and Irish-American genealogy.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF LAND DEFENCE AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE CONDITIONS OF TO-DAY
by Thuillier, Captain H.F
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xi, 384pp, 21 illustrations. Bound in red cloth/boards with gilt titles. Name of a previous owner discretely to the half-title page, otherwise a very nice copy..
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EUROPEAN ARMIES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-1802
by Various (Schneid, Frederick C. (Ed.))
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "in nine essays by leading scholars, (this book) provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices." 280pp. An excellent copy..
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