Search Results: Military & Wars from Leaf and Stone Books

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Bellona. Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Softcover. 831108291x . KB 15. 278pp. Polish language, photographs, tables, illustrrations, fold out map, index. Book has dark blue paper softcover with red and white text on covers and spine, illustration on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages .

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co.. Good. 1851. First Edition. Softcover. 56 pp. Fourth Thousand. Original paper wraps, fc inscribed "George S. Hillard Esq, Boston, with the Author's respects". Copyright page ihas pencil notation "1851 Sept 10 Gift of Hon George S. Hillard of Boston". A plea for the holding together of the Union and against secession. Hillard, who apparently gave the book to a library, was an attorney, legislator and author, served as a member of the Senate and was U. S. Attorney before retiring to private law practice. Both covers have separated from the spine and are loose but still present. Brown paper covers are bit grubby, front corner chipped away, spine chipped, back cover has long 2" wide lack plus many chips and has come off but is still present. Interior has a small damp stain at the bottom of the gutter, 2 minor what look like library notations on the title, some creasing to the interior pages, but interior sound and clean,… Read More

Bruxelles: Latomus. Fair. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 2870311052 . 1st Thus. 171 pp. Select bibliography. In English with very occasional Latin. Cream card covers with b/w engraving of Ammianus has some general wear, old scholarly notes. Interior has occasional and persistent scholarly notes in pencil throughout -- some pages none, others with quite a few -- the reader obviously was challenging Austin's thesis, which attempts to establish Ammianus in the front rank of ancient military historians by demonstrating that he possesses an extensive knowledge of the three principal phases of military activity: intelligence, planning and operations. ; Collection Latomus Volume 165. Hard to find.; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0268021546 . xiv, 165 pp. Sources. Octavo. Glossy grey dust jacket with b/w picture of Jewish people with hands in the air wearing stars being herded by soldiers. DJ is clean and nice, book itself is clean and tight, as never read. Very good copy. First English translation of the story of Perlasca, who found himself in Budapest at the outbreak of WWII and pretended to be the Spanish Consul in order to get thousands of Hungarian Jews out of the country. ; The Erma Konya Kess Lives Of The Just And Virtuous; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages .

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. KB41...xi, 113 pp. Bibliographical note. Small octavo. Black cloth with blindstamped title and blazon to front cover, dark gilt title to spine. Spine cover lightly sunned, some normal shelf wear to covers. Interior has scholarly owner's name on first free end paper with 1952 date, paper a bit creamy, otherwise clean and unmarked. Surprisingly hard to find. Also printed at London by Humphries/OUP. ; Harvard Historical Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages .

New York: Blelock and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 524pp + 8 unnumbered pages. Frontis, illustrations. Book has brown hardcover with embossing on covers. Reading copy with binding in poor condition, interior fair. Front cover is dettached, but included. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 532 pages .

London: Macmillan. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is a hardcover, 7 1/2" by 5", 104 pages, plus several unnumbered preliminaries and 4 pages of facsimile letters before the title page; in fair condition. Cloth covers show rubbing at the corners, spine tip chipping. Interior hinges cracked, the 4 pages of facsimile letters are detached and the last fly is similarly cracking away from the binding at the gutter. There are old "Mercantile Library" stamps on the title page and a few other pages, otherwise, all pages are clean and unmarked. This is an exceedingly rare hardcover on Charles George Gordon, "Gordon Pasha" of the Sudan, printed in 1885, in the same year that Gordon died in Khartoum. It describes Gordon, "the inner man" as well as the outer man, and his exploits in the Sudan and Darfur. It includes 4 pages of a facsimile letter from Gordon, with a sketch outlining his trip up the Nile, as well as… Read More

Antwerp: Plantin/Moretus. Good with no dust jacket. 1596. First Edition. Leather. First Plantin edition. Quarto. [16], 288 [4] 289-330; [ii], 255, [iii], 259-292, [vii]. With wonderful full page engraved plates, a double page plate at 288 in the first section, along with text cuts. Corresponds to OCLC 1090203958, complete except for blanks. In what appears to be a 1700s calf leather binding with gold corner decorations, gilt and blind stamped florals to the spine compartments, gilt edges. Corners somewhat rubbed, boards reattached, original spine laid down, old fragile green silk ties still partially present. Interior more modern brown marbled end papers, title page with printer’s device, old ownership name in dark brown ink. Greek with Latin translation in 2 columns. The "R" quire more browned, ditto "a" quire, ditto LL quire, leaf GG has a small brown stain with a hole affecting one letter, otherwise moderate light foxing throughout, clean and unmarked with no… Read More

U.S.A.: Frank Cass & Co. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Cloth. 0714655341 . Xiv + 198 pp + ads. Index. Illus tables, maps. Particularly timely book from the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ian University. Includes case studies. Blue-gray glossy DJ has old price sticker mark, bit of edge curl, some sunning. Book has small marks on front endpapers, otherwise clean, crisp and fresh. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 198 pages .

Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. Vol. 1 x, 328pp. Vol. 2 426pp. 2 volume set. German language, black letter text, maps, design on front and back pastedowns and fly leaves. Books have grey cloth hardcovers with black text on spines and front covers with gold detailing on spines and front covers. Vol. 1 signature in pen on second title page, Vol. 2 Book plate on front pastedown. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Die Befreiungskriege 1813-1815; Vol. 1&2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 764 pages .

Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0891580328 . Xxvi, 579 pp. Partial bibliography. Octavo. Tomato red cloth with gilt and English and Chinese characters. Clean, library spine label, interior has normal library marks including pocket. The ISBN comes up properly on Worldcat but some listing services identify it differently. This edition is from Westview and is written by Joseph Lowe. Includes a map of linguisticregions. Terms are in Chinese, English and Wade-Giles. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 579 pages .

London: Printed for David Steel. Good with no dust jacket. 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Xv, [ii], 242; [ii], 243-425, [v], 147 pp (numerous errors of pagination but all is present). 95 plates, including folding and 2 folding plates with volvelles (all of the parts of the volvelles are present but they are disconnected) . In two quarto volumes measuring 11.25 x 9" bound in 3/4 brown leather with red, orange and blue marbled hard boards with matching endpapers. 5 raised bands to the spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Some rubbing and general wear to the covers, joints a bit tender but still holding. Interior gutters of endpapers show some tearing of the marbled paper. Some text leaves in Vol. I were separated clumsily with consequent rough fore-edges and some chipping thereto. Occasional light humidity staining and foxing here and there, paper is toned, but generally clean and strong. Some of the folding plates/tables are starting to separate at the folds. Offsetting and… Read More

Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Hardcover. Lxiiii, 255, [i] pp. Small octavo. Original black cloth with blind ruling, has minor wear at extremities, gilt to spine. Original flowered end papers. Title page a bit browned, text clean and unmarked, paper a little toned. Sturdy and clean, a nice copy. Lang's 1885 Teubner edition was considered the standard for a hundred years. Entirely in Latin. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Fair. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 48 pp + large folding plate with 4 maps, 2 text photos. With an inscription on the inside front cover "T. S. Arnold from the author" Original grey paper hard boards. Boards are detached, spine cover partly perished. Book block still holding on but fragile, blanks foxed. Interior is clean and unmarked. Still usable if delicate. Scarce first edition with the nice inscription. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; Signed by Author .

Paris: Guerbart. Fair with no dust jacket. [1795]. First Edition. Full-Leather. Xvi, 262, errata. Half title. In French. What appears to be original diced calf covers, which are rubbed and worn at corners, spine mostly perished. Interior end papers are marbled, old owner inscrip, text is foxed throughout otherwise clean and unmarked. This appears to be the scarce undated 1st Guerbart edition, which WorldCat dates as 1795. Readable copy, would repay a spine renewal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages .

Amsterdam; Brussels; London; New York: Elsevier. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Kb57...302, [i] pp. Folding colored map at front and rear. Occasional b/w maps & illustrations. Quarto, in deep green cloth with dull gilt to front cover and spine. Small wear to the covers, bottom corners slightly toed in, some shelf soil on the edges. Interior has a typed letter to a friend from the author referring to this book as his "first born" with signature "Bob" dated 1983 paperclipped to front free endpaper. Red & blue 74 frontis. Another paper clip at page 221 which has rusted slightly marking the adjoining pages (we have not removed this, fearing to damage the page) . Rear gutter at page 302 is just starting to show some stress, otherwise clean and intact. A remarkably well-preserved copy of this important regimental history, with wonderful provenance. "... The first history of a ground unit of the Canadian forces in the recent war. The 15th… Read More

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Xiii, 409 pp. Frontis portrait plate plus 10 maps and plans, including folding map at end. Small octavo. First Canadian edition. Original mid brown cloth with two red/blue flags crossed on the front cover. Spine darkened, normal shelf soil and dust to the covers. Interior corner of first blank has a short tear, paper a little toned, but otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages .

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Good in Good dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0802037577 . KB7. viii, 302pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Illustrations, index. Book has red cloth hardcover with black text on spine. Dust jacket is white with red and black text on covers and spine with illustration on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8.99999999082 X 5.90157479713 X 1.2992125971 inches; 320 pages .

London: Chapman & Hall. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Condition is good- minus antiquarian. Original light brown cloth covers with military cross, old ex-lib marks, spine darkened and spine tips worn. Interior has normal library marks including pocket, title page has library marks, few edges not cut correctly, otherwise clean and unmarked. Book is an octavo, 239 pages + ads for upcoming books from the publisher. Frontis plate and other plates. Fascinating stories from soldiers on their experiences in the Great War. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .

Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0253338549 . Xiii, 1172 pp. Notes, index. Large heavy octavo. Glossy red and black dust jacket with hellow and white has minor shelf wear, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and tight, appears unread. A good copy. Heavy for international shipping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1172 pages .