Tallyrand. Translated from the German by Frederick Clarke.
London: John Murray, 1894. First edition in English, 2 vols., 8vo, some soiling, else good and sound in orig. pink cloth; ex-MHS. More
Military
France d'outre-mer: l'oeuvre coloniale de la Troisième République
Paris: B. Arthaud, [1950]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-328; maps, illustrations on plates; some soiling of the wrappers, otherwise very good in original white printed wrappers. At head of title: "Histoire de la colonisation française". The third volume of a history of the French colonies through 1940. See Nguyen The-Anh..... More
Vietnam. The valor and the sorrow. From the home front to the front lines in words and pictures
Boston: Little Brown, and Company, [1985]. First edtiion, sm 4to, pp. 495; frontispiece map, profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations; rear cover a bit toned, otherwise fine in pictorial wrappers. More
In a Napoleonic binding and inscribed by the author
Études sur le passé et l'avenir de de l'artillerie
Paris: J. Dumaine, 1846. 4to, 1 volume only (of 6 - the second volume wasn't published until 1851, and volumes 3-6 weren't published until 1862-71); pp. xxviii, 387, [1]; 10 engraved plates of weapons and equipment of war; contemporary full green morocco, elaborate gilt rules on covers enclosing the Napoleonic..... More
Tactics: the practical art of leading troops into war, with numerous illustrations...and the new tables of Army organization
New York: The American Army and Navy Journal, Inc., 1922. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], xxii, 332, 105, [1], 74; heavily illustrated with over 100 plates in addition to text illustrations, brown cloth, inscribed by Bond to General Clarence R. Edwards. Lightly worn, very good. A "Complete practical course on..... More
Uniwersytet Zbirow
Krakow: [Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna], 1946. 8vo, pp. 103, [7]; text in Polish; text illustrations; printed paper wrappers; wrapper toned with small chip to corner and closed tear to lower wrapper, near fine. Inscribed by Borwicz to a Dr. Lewinowi. Publisher's prospectus (pp. 8) laid in. An account of the..... More
In the trenches ... Illustratiions by Donald S. Humphreys
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1920. First edition, 8vo, pp. 307; frontispiece and 4 plates, illustrations in the text; spine lettering a little rubbed, front hinge starting, a few spots to the upper cover, else good and sound, or better, in original red cloth with pictorial pastedown on the upper cover..... More
Storia della guerra dell'indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d'America
Torino: Stamperia dell'unione Tip.-Editrice, 1858-1859. 3 vols, 12mo; pp. 407; 475; 432; offset to endpapers, minor foxing, corners bumped, lightly scuffed, else a very good set in quarter calf with marbled boards and gilt-decorated spine. A history of the American Revolution by the reputable Italian historian, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta..... More
Charles De Gaulle 12 Novembre 1970. [Introduction by Andre Malraux.]
Paris: Club Iris, [1973]. First edition, 4to, pp. [103]; numerous black and white and color illustrayions from photographs chronicling the funeral of Charles De Gaulle; original plastic dustwrapper (partially split at one fold) and wrap-around band printed in red reading: "Andre Malraux presente le livre du souvenir." Original blue morocco..... More
Interesting archive of a Civil War Hospital Chaplain
Archive of John Alexander Bowman, Army Chaplain
Virginia and Tennessee: 1841-1890. A collection of over 90 items, largely manuscript material by Bowman produced over the course of his service as Army Chaplain of the Union in military hospitals in Tennessee and Virginia, covering his time as a teacher, then preacher in 1841-1854, and then from his appointment..... More
Hitler's Japanese confidant: Genral Oshima Hiroshi and magic intelligence 1941-1945. Foreword by Peter Paret
[Lawrence, Kansas]: University of Kansas Press, [1993]. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [4], 271, [1]; 25 illustrations (largely from photographs), 2 double-page maps amd a table; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Alexanders kampf gegen Poros ein beitrag zur Indischen geschichte
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1933. 8vo, pp. xii, 208; military maps in text, and 5 plates, large folding military map in back pocket, printed paper wrappers; top of spine chipped, wrappers toned, text clean with four leaves in the middle of a gathering loose, good and sound. One the battle of..... More
Die armee der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America, mit abbildungen von offizieren und soldaten aller truppengattungen, sowie von uniforms- und rangabzeichen, ausrustungsgegenstanden etc.
Leipzig: Verlag von Moritz Ruhl, [1891]. 8vo, pp. 38, [2]; 19 color plates depicting uniforms and insignia; illustrated paper wrappers; upper cover starting, light shadowing to plates. More
Jane's all the world's aircraft 1941
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1942. 4to, pp. 102 (ads), v, 78, 233, 64; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, diagrams, publisher's ribbon-tied announcements laid in, early owner's name (1942) on first advert, corners bumped, spine faded, slightly cocked, else very good in original navy cloth decorated in..... More
A compleat history of the late war in the Netherlands. Together with an abstract of the Treaty of Utrecht
London: William Pearson for Thomas Ward, 1713. First edition, 1 volume in 2, 8vo, pp. [2] ads, [10], 23 (subscribers' list), [1], xvi, 218; [2], 221-448, [12] index; full contemporary paneled calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels; spines rubbed, small cracks starting at ends of joints, but generally a very..... More
The bitter end
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First American edition, small 8vo, pp. [4], 252; dust jacket with several shallow chips and creases, spine lightly sunned; very good. A seventeen-year old volunteer in the trenches. More
The long trail: soldiers' songs and slang 1914-18
New York: Books for Libraries Press, [1972]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 189, [1]; blue cloth gilt; fine; inscribed by Partridge to Laurie Atkinson, contributor of a number of terms and phrases, on upper endpaper. A couple of minor corrections in Partridge's hand to the..... More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. Uncorrected proof copy of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; original gray printed wrappers; very good. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; 21 illustrations, primarily from photographs, on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British..... More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; 21 illustrations, primarily from photographs, on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. This copy inscribed by Partridge "Dear John reminiscently less regenerate..... More
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged
London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, 1931. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 383; original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; 2 ink stains on fore-edge extending slightly into the margins, else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume..... More
Presentation copy
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged
London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 383; original red cloth; corners bumped, spine sunned with a small stain, joints starting, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown, very good. Inscribed by Partridge to..... More
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918
London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press, 1930. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 200, [1]; original orange cloth (some soiling), gilt-lettered spine; spine faded, preliminaries a bit foxed, else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. More
The trouble with Taiwan. History, the United States and a rising China
[London]: Zed, [2019]. 8vo, pp. xxiii, [1], 246; full red cloth, title in silver on spine; fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. More
