Books - "military"
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Camillo Ricchiardi: Italian Boer War Hero
Limited numbered edition, 420/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [40] + 228; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, frontis., membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate loss to spine lettering; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series 1988
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian military history Boer War 19th century war warfare
War and Peace in South Africa 1879-1881: The writings of Philip Anstruther and Edward Essex
Limited numbered edition, 943/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [34] + 246; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Paul H Butterfield Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
With the Boer Forces
Limited numbered edition. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [21] + 318; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; aeg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series n/d
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Foreign Volunteers: They fought for the Boers (1899-1902)
Limited numbered edition, 604/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 340; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
War and Peace in South Africa 1879-1881: The writings of Philip Anstruther and Edward Essex
Limited numbered edition, 588/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [32] + 246; maroon leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, some loss to lettering; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Boer Fight for Freedom
Limited numbered edition, 583/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [23] + xii + 607; maroon leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, some loss to lettering, esp to spine; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1988?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Zambesi Salient: Conflict in Southern Africa
First edition. 8vo, pp. 395; orange heavy card covers, spine lettered in white; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in black ink to ffep; sl foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1974
KEYWORDS: Southern South Africa war warfare military history first edition
Zulu Victory: The Epic of Isandlwana and the Cover-Up
First edition. Signed & inscribed by authors. Super 8vo, pp. 336; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to rfep in blue & black ink; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Isandlwana British military history war warfare 19th century Zulu Zululand
A Time to Die
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 179; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; illus. eps, plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; sticker peeled from ffep; library stamps in pink ink to [ht] & tp); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1968
KEYWORDS: 19th century Southern South Africa African war warfare military history
The War Diaries of Andre Dennison
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 394; green heavy card bds, spine lettered in white; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; prev bookseller's stickers & archival repairs to closed tear at front fold; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: Southern South Africa African war warfare military history diary journal Rhodesia Rhodedian Andre Dennison 20th century
Airships vs Submarines
Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Atlantis Productions 2009
KEYWORDS: military weapons weaponry aviation marine navy naval airships submarines history engineering
From Frigates to Flat-Tops: The Story of the Life and Achievement of Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett
LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/rule to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, xx + 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arpee1953
KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett naval aviation US navy
Koje Unscreened
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos to prelims, 111pp, G+ (ugly tape reinforcement to spine, v heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Britain-China Friendship Association N/D
KEYWORDS: military history Koje Island pows prisoners of war violence abuse Korean Chinese American soldiers troops massacres