Snow, Captain Wm. P.,

LEE AND HIS GENERALS.

The Fairfax Press, New York, 1982, 500pp, half tone ills. in text, (string - hgfedcba) grey cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, originally published anonymously in 1865 shortly after the end of the American Civil War, this edition is a reprint of the 1867 edition presented in the style of a facsimile reprint, the first to acknowledge the authorship of Captain Snow, who presents a balanced view of the war and of the Southern generals despite his heart being with the Confederacy, a little rubbed at tips esp. tail of spine, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38478

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history us civil war lee

Spick, Mike,

THE COMPLETE FIGHTER ACE - All the World's Fighter Aces 1914-2000.

Greenhill Books, London, 1999, 1st edn., 255pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 25 in text diagrams, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper with ads. on the inside, published simultaneously in the USA by Stackpole Books, a comprehensive reference guide to fighter aces of the world, from the duels over the trenches in WW1 to high speed modern warfare of the Gulf Wars and Bosnia in 1990's, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39613

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: aviation international air force fighter ace

Stackpole, Edward J. (commentary by D. Scott Hartwig, foreword by Jay Luvaas),

THE FREDERICKSBURG CAMPAIGN - Drama on the Rappahannock.

Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, ND (circa 1997), 8th impression of the 2nd edn., paperback, xxiv, half tone pictorial frontis, half tone chapter heads, maps and half tone ills. in text, 312pp, large format (8 x 5.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a reprint of the classic account of the Fredericksburg campaign of the American Civil War, how it was fought and what it signified, with a new analysis of the original interpretations and conclusions, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 39060

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history american civil war fredericksburg

Stephenson, Michael (ed.),

BATTLEGROUNDS - Geography and the History of Warfare.

National Geographic, Washington, ND (copyright 2003, 288pp, pictorial double title, maps in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), red paper covered boards backed with black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated and lettered in silver upper board, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an exploration by some of the foremost military historians on the critical role of geography on the outcome of a selection of 38 battles from history, from ancient times including Issus, Marathon and Masada, through many examples in the intervening centuries to Passchendale, Kasserine Pass, Chosin and Desert Saber, a little bumped at upper tips, edges stanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41126

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history army battlegrounds alexander napoleon malta ww1 ww2 masada korea vietnam iwo jima bataan little big horn el alamein balaklava arnhem teutoberg chancellorsville bellau wood gallipoli tarawa gettysburg vimy ridge peleiu monte cassino khe sa

Steppler, Glenn A.,

BRITONS, TO ARMS! - The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier and the Volunteer Tradition in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Budding Books, Stroud, 1997, xiv, 185pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, a general history of the British volunteer soldier over three centuries, from the Napoleonic Volunteer Force through the Yeomanry, Victorian Rifle Volunteers, Territorials, WW2 Home Gauard and WW1 Volunteer Training Corps, with a detailed account of two Midland counties, Leicestershire and Rutland, faintly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35994

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military army yeomanry leicestershire rutland territorial boer war ww1 ww2

Strawson, John,

A HISTORY OF THE S.A.S. REGIMENT.

Guild Publishing, London, 1985, club ed., xvi, 292pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 13 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the first fully comprehensive history of the Special Air Service, the youngest regiment in the British Army from its beginnings as 'L' detachment in 1941 Egypt through it training and growth during WW2 to the present day (1980's) and its involvement in post-WW2 Malaya, Oman, Brunei, Aden, Northern Ireland and Princes Gate, London, campaigns and epidodes of urban terrorism, with details of the many WW2 and post-war operations, descriptions of their early leaders David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, with appendices of operations in North Africa 1941/3, the Mediterranean and Italy 1943/4, and Europe 1944/5, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42636

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history sas war ww2 malaya aden dhofar brunei falklands

Strawson, John,

IF BY CHANCE.

Macmillan, ondon, 2003, 1st edn., [xx], 260pp, 7 maps, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tailbands, half tone pictorial montage dustwrapper, an amusing exercise in 'consequences', speculating on the changes in history if certain military acrions had or had not been taken, for example if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo, if Lord Cardigan had exploited the success of the Heavy Brigade by immediately employing the Light Brigade, or if Hitler had not halted the encircling panzer forces at Dunkirk, slight slant to spine, edges tanned, dustwrapper: fgaintly rubbed at head of spine, very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44823

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history napoleon nelson balaklava churchill hitler consequences

Thetford, Owen,

AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1918-57.

Putnam, London, 1957, 1st edn., 528pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, light blue buckram cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, an excellent reference to the specification and operational history of 187 front-line aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force between 1918 and 1957, with half tone photos and three view line drawing of each, and less comprehensive but illustrated details of a further 96 less important types of aircraft, slight sunning to spine, some flecks of partial colour loss to upper board, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42548

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: raf aircraft

Tsouras, Peter G.,

GETTYSBURG - An Alternate History.

Greenhill Books, London, 1997, 1st edn. UK, 320pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Keith Rocco, published simultaneously in the USA by Stackpole Books, the author, an analyst at the US Army Intelligence and Threat Center, examines the other possible outcomes of the Battle of Gettysburg if the timing of events or the perseverence of the protagonists had been very slightly different, and the effect thay might have had on the course of the war, dustwrapper: faintly rubbed at tips, fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40382

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history army american civil war gettysburg stuart ewell lee longstreet pickett meade potomac

Tucci, Sandro,

GURKHAS.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1985, 1st edn., 160pp, coloured photo pictorial half title and double title, coloured photo ills. throughout, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a brief history of the Gurkhas and a collection of evocative photographs of Nepal, the Nepalese, of serving and ex-Gurkhas, faintly bumped lower tip upper board, dustwrappr: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39153

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history gurkha army nepal

Uffindell, Andrew,

THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM BOOK OF WELLINGTON'S ARMIES - Britian's Campaigns in the Peninnsula and at Waterloo 1808-1815.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 2003, 1st edn., xxii, 362pp, frontis in line, 24pp half tone photo ills., 16 maps in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, based on the letters and diaries of commanders, officers and ordinary soldiers from the unpublished archives of the National Army Museum, a comprehensive picture of Wellington's campaigns from his first Peninsular battle at Rolica to his triumphs at Salamanca, Vitoria and Waterloo, edges tanned, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42320

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history wellington armies peninsula war bonaparte rolica sdalamanca vitoria waterloo

Uffindell, Andrew,

THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM BOOK OF WELLINGTON'S ARMIES - Britian's Campaigns in the Peninnsula and at Waterloo 1808-1815.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 2003, 1st edn., xxii, 362pp, frontis in line, 24pp half tone photo ills., 16 maps in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, based on the letters and diaries of commanders, officers and ordinary soldiers from the unpublished archives of the National Army Museum, a comprehensive picture of Wellington's campaigns from his first Peninsular battle at Rolica to his triumphs at Salamanca, Vitoria and Waterloo, edges tanned, light bump lower cnr. lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42321

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history wellington armies peninsula war bonaparte rolica sdalamanca vitoria waterloo

Urban, Mark,

THE MAN WHO BROKE NAPOLEON'S CODES - The Story of George Scovell.

Faber and Faber, London, 2001, 1st edn., xvi inc. map, 333pp, 8pp coloured, half tone and sepia ills., 6 in text maps, coloured figured endpapers, black clooth lettered in light green at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the officer who broke the French code during the Peninsular war, Major George Scovell, a man of low birth with a geniius for languages he used a network of Spanish guerillas and amassed a stack of coded French messages to break most of the 'Great Paris Cypher', giving Wellington vital intelligence about French movements and intentions, edges stanned, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42322

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history napoleon code-breaker scovell spain wellington intelligence codes great paris cypher

Urban, Mark,

RIFLES - Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters.

Faber and Faber, London, ND (circa 2004), reprint, trade paperback, xiv, 351pp, 16pp maps, coloured and half tone ills., coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the exploits of the 95th Rifles, the Line Regiment with the reputation as the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in Wellington's army, through the Peninsular War to after Waterloo, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 41178

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history army wellington 95th rifles sharpshooter rifle brigade

Utley, Robert M.,

BLUECOATS AND REDSKINS - The United States Army and the Indian 1866-1891 (originally published in the USA under the title Frontier Regulars).

Purnell, London, ND, club edn., xiv, 462pp, 32pp half tone ills., 14 in text maps, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the post American Civil War drive by the US Army against the Indians of the Great Plains and the South-West, under the command of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, commanding such officers as Sheridan, Hancock and Custer who were to become associated with the bloodiest battles of the Indian Wars, from 1866 until the final tragedy of Wounded Knee in 1890, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned with some foxing upper edge, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38803

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history inited states army indian