Wittich, C.A. [with] La Barre Duparcq, Ed [Edouard] de., trans

Ueber Die Befestigung Und Vertheidigung Grosser Platze [Bound with] de la Fortification Et de la Defense Des Grandes Places

Berlin [and] Paris, G. Reimer [and] J. Correard, 1847. First edition and first French edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, red morocco label, all edges marbled. 75 pp.; 68 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w drawings on 2 folding plates. 8vo. Wittich's original work on fortification and defense with Duparcq's French translation. Each version contains a copy of the single plate [51x45 cm (1840) and 60x48 cm (1847)]. Wittich was a Prussian Artillery Major. Deparcq was Chef de Bataillon of Engineers in the French Army, Professor of the Military Art in the Imperial School of St. Cyr, and considered one of the best military writers of his day. Either version is quite scarce. OCLC and European databases show only six locations for the German edition: Het Legermuseum, BL, BN France, Badische LandesBib. Staats & Univ. Bib. Hamburg, and St. Galler; and only two of the French: BN France and Biblioteca Torino. Katalog Bibliothek Koniglich Preussichen grosser Generalstabes (1878), p. 77; Freis, Cat. Lib. USMA, 230. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, boards rubbed with some loss at one corner, short contemporary notation on rear pastedown.

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Book number: 31682

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Keywords: , Military History, Fortifications, Military, Weapons, Tactics, 19th c., Prussian Military, German Military, 2010NYCBKFR, 20sfbookfair11, newyork2011, Book

[Risorgimento]. Armandi, Pier Damiano

Ma Part Aux éVénements Importants de L'Italie Centrale En 1831

Paris, Palais Royal, 1831. First edition. Paper wrappers. 76 pp. 8vo. General Armandi's defense of his actions in the uprisings of 1831 that broke out in the Papal State between the Legations of Bologna, Romagna and Marche, at the instigation of Ciro Menotti from Modena- where he had been promoted to general by the revolutionary government of Bologna and appointed minister of war. Later his work was heavily criticized by Mazzini and General, Sercognani. Though the accusations of his lack of foresight and initiative, are not without any foundation, he defended himself with the publication. Pier Damiano Armandi (1798-1855) served in the army of the Republic and the Empire , ought in Genoa, in Savona, then in all the Napoleonic wars, in the battles of Austerlitz, Vicenza, Wagram, Bautzen, where on the field he was appointed artillery colonel by Napoleon, then in Dennewitz, in Leipzig, in Hanau. When Napoleon fell, he went to Rome as tutor of the children of Louis Bonaparte. After 1831 and the amnesty of Pius IX he took part in the defense of Venice. Back in France, he was appointed by Napoleon III as imperial librarian in Saint-Cloud. Rare. OCLC locates only three copies in North America: UC Berkeley, Harvard, & Univ. Conn. plus another six elsewhere Cambridge, Teubinger, Arco, Casanatense, Bern, & BN France. Original printed wrappers reinforced with a new spine, else a very good copy, front wrapper with few notations and wear at the extremities, wide untrimmed margins.

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Book number: 45627

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Keywords: , Military History, Italy Bologna Risorgimento, Pamphlet

Barnett, Correlli

The Swordbearers. Supreme Command in the First World War

New York, William Morrow, 1964. First American edition. Cloth. 392 pp. Bibliography, Appendix, Index. With 44 maps and 32 pp. of photos. 8vo. Analysis of Helmuth Von Molke, Sir John Jellico, Philippe Petain, and Erich Ludendorff. A very good+ tight clean copy in a very good- dj with small chips to head and heel of spine, and some browning and soiling.

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Book number: 18884

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Modern Wars, , Military History, Modern Wars, War, WW I, First World War , World War I (WW I) The First World War,

Bormann, Charles Guillaume

[Printed Manuscript Signed]: Surle Mémoire: "Nouveau Système de Shrapnells de L'Artillerie Neerlandaise. " Addressed to J.A. Dahlgren, Superintendent of the Naval Ordinance, United States

[Bruxelles], 1854. First edition. Folded leaves. 21, [3] pp. 1 diagram. 8vo. Addressed in manuscript to J. A. Dahlgren, Superintendent of the Naval Ordinance, United States" and signed by Bormann, who was a Colonel at the time in the Royal Belgian Artillery. These are unpublished notes that Bormann had intended to publish but instead sent as private communication to his friends in 1854 [See Charles Guillaume Bormann, "The Shrapnel Shell in England and in Belgium" (Brussels, Truyts, 1862), 2nd ed. p. 16.]. They were corrections to an article by Colonel Delobel, "Nouveau systeme de Shrapnels de 1'Artillerie neerlandaise" in Revue de techn. milit. T. I. 1854. Charles Guillaume Bormann (1796-1873) was the inventor of the Bormann Fuse, which was adopted by the Belgium army in 1835 and remained a military secret until offered to and tested by the U.S. military in 1851. It became the official time fuse for smoothbore artillery. With original envelop. We could locate no other copies of this manuscript in OCLC, COPAC, or other European Libraries. Some tears at the folds, last folded leaf with corrosion at top edge and last leave soiled and torn, but still very good.

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Book number: 43268

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Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Military History, Autographs & Manuscripts, Artillery Ordinance Belgium, Manuscript

[Brachel, Johann Adolph]. Brachelius, Adolphus. Van Den Bos, Lambert

Historia Nostri Temporis, Dat Is: Geschiedenis Onses Tijts, Door Adolphus Brachelius... Beginnende Met Het Jaer 1618, En Vervolght Tot Het Jaer 1654. Uyt de Latijnsche in de Nederduytsche Tael Overgeset Door L.V. B.

Tot Nymegen, voor Andries van Hoogenhuyse, (Harderwyck, : J. Toll), 1659. Second edition. Later calf stamped in blind over beveled wood boards, four raised bands, metal clasps. [12], 648, [16] pp. Illus. with engraved extra title and 98 [of 101(?)] portraits. Sm. 8vo. Hoogenhuyse published his first edition of the Dutch translation of Brachelius popular Latin work on the Thirty Years' War in 1656 in Rotterdam and then this second when he moved his operation to Nymegen. OCLC shows only five copies of this uncommon edition, all in the Netherlands. A very good copy, clasps lacking locks, some soiling to title page and endpapers, a few minor tears, a few leaves at the end with small loss to upper fore-corners not affecting text, small ink stain on fore edge, text and portraits quite sharp.

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Book number: 37587

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: European History, , Military History, European History, European History, Thrity Years' War, 17th c., newyork2011, Book

Frobenius, Leo; Frobenius, Hermann; and Kohlhauer, E.

Weltgeschichte Des Krieges. Von Leo Frobenius Unter Mitwirkung Von Oberstleutnant a D.H. Frobenius Und Korvetten-Kapitan A.D. E. Kohlhauer; Mit Ca. 800 Illustrationen

Jena, Thuringer Verlagsanstalt, 1900. First edition. Cloth. vi, 807 pp. Illus. with 800 b/w drawings & reproductions. 4to. The stamp of the library of F.A. Wittfogel [Karl August], the German historian and sinologist. Profusely illustrated examination of the history of war, extensive collections of weapons. Prefigures much of Frobenius' later work on weaponry. Spine rebound amateurishly in brown tape, corners worn, owner's stamp on title page, minor pencil marginalia and underlining, binding is tight, images bright, edges a bit browned. A good reading copy.

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Book number: 28804

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Illustrated Books, , Military History, Illustrated Books, Military History, Weapons, Asia,

Gila, Roque Antonio

Sermon Funebre de El Excmo. Señor Don Jaime Miguel de Guzman, &C. Marques de la Mina &C, Grande de España de Primera Clase

Barcelona, Thomas Piferrer, 1767. First edition. Later full mottled calf, gilt titles, 4 raised bands. Portrait frontis, xlvi pp. (plus later blanks bound in). Sm. 8vo. "Gentil Hombre de Camara con exercicio, Caballero de la Insigne Orden del Toison de Oro, y de la de Sancti Spiritus, &c. Capitan General de los Exercitos de S.M. i de el Principado de Cataluña, i Presidente de su Real Audiencia, &c. que predico El Padre Roque Antonio Gila de la Compañia de Jesus el 29. de Enero de 1767. En la Iglesia de S. Miguel de la Barceloneta, en donde fuè enterrado su Cadaver el mismo dia." Roque Antonio Gila (1721-1796) was a Jesuit who taught humanities, philosophy, theology, and mathematics, and was also noted as a speaker. He was appointed master at the University of Barcelona in 1767. After the expulsion he went to Italy. Jaime de Guzmán y Spinola, II Marquis of la Mina (1690-1767) was a Spanish Army commander and Captain General of Catalonia. Scarce. OCLC shows only one copy and there are four others in Spanish libraries. Palau 102169. Sommervogel III, 1414. De Backer II, 233. Almirante, Bibliografía militar de España: 329. Latassa, Bibliotecas.. escritores aragoneses I: p.630. Torres Amat, Memorias.. diccionario critico de los escritores Catalanes: p. 286. A very good copy, minor wear at spine ends, light foxing and faint dampstain on a few leaves.

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Book number: 37288

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Keywords: European Literature, , Military History, European Literature, Spain, Spanish funeral sermons, Military, 18th c., Book

Gillingham, Harold E.

French Orders and Decorations

New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1922. First edition. Paper wrappers. 110 pp. Plates. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Illus. with 34 b/w photos. 16mo. One plate for each of the 34 orders created in France from 496 to 1783. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 11. A very good or better copy with small crease to upper corner, else crisp and clean.

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Book number: 15733

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Money & Metals, , Military History, Money & Metals, France , French History , Military History , War , Medals , Numismatic ,

Knyvett, Sir Henry. With an introduction by Charles Hughes

The Defence of the Realme, by Sir Henry Knyvett, 1596. Now for the First Time Printed, from a Ms. In the Chetham Library, Manchester

[Oxford], At the Clarendon press, 1906. First edition. Blind ruled stiff paper wrappers with front edge beveled (paperback). xxxvi, [1], 75 pp. [1]. 8vo. Tudor and Stuart Library series. Henry Knyvett (d.1598), brother of Thomas Knyvett, wrote this treatise on the training and preparations to defend Britain in case its fleet should be unable to stop invaders on the high seas. No doubt the instability of the European situation in the early years of this century led to its first publication in 1906. Wrappers soiled, scattered foxing to leaves, but overall still a very good clean unmarked copy.

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Book number: 22103

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Keywords: Britain, , Military History, Britain, Great Britain, England, Military History, 16th c.,

Imbert, J.

Cours Elementaire de Fortification, Precede de Considerations Sur la Maniere D'Envisager L'Etude de Cette Science Dans Ses Rapports Avec la Tactique Et la Strategie, a L'Usage Des Eleves de L'Ecole Royale Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1833. Second edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards. l, 457 pp. 8vo. First published in 1830, this edition is nearly 25 per cent larger. Lacking the elusive atlas volume. Jean-Baptiste Imbert (capitaine du Genie) was Professeur de fortifications at St. Cyr. Scarce. OCLC shows only four copies, two of each edition. Front joint cracked but bands holding, front endpaper reattached, light scattered foxing, marginal stain to a few later leaves, with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, binding tight, leaves clean, a good copy.

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Book number: 31684

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Keywords: , Military History, Fortifications, Military, Tactics, 19th c., French Military, Defense,

Neigre, Gabriel, Baron, Gerard, Etienne Maurice, comte

Journal Des Operations de L'Artillerie Au Siege de la Citadelle D'Anvers, Rendue, le 23 Decembre 1832, a L'Armee Francaise Sous Les Ordres de M. Le Marechal Cte. Gerard

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1833. First edition. Quarterbound morocco over marble paper-covered boards. 138 pp. 1of 2 folding plans. Sm. 4to. (28 cm). Spine rubbed, boards worn especially at the edges with some loss of paper at the corners and edges, front board with small institutional label to lower edge and remnant of label to upper board, ownership stamps to free endpapers and title from the Bibliothque Officiers de la Garnison de Bruges and 4th Regiment d'infanterie, occasional pencil correction to printed dates, binding solid, contents clean, one folding plan torn at crease with repairs, and lacking final plan.

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Book number: 26110

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: , Military History, Military History, War, 19th c., Antwerp (Belgium), Siege of 1832. , French History.,

[Great Britain Foreign Office]

Correspondence between His Majesty's Government and the United States Ambassador Respecting the Treatment of German Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in the United Kingdom. Miscellaneous. No. 5 [with] Treatment of Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in the United Kingdom and Germany Respectively. No. 7 [Two Volumes]

London, Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1915. First edition. Self-wrappers; stapled paper wrappers. 3 pp.; 87 pp. 4to. [In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 5 (1915)": Cd. 7815]. A very good set. No. 5 with edgeworn wrappers, No. 7 with light toning on front wrapper, minor soiling on rear.

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Book number: 38641

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Keywords: Modern Wars, , Military History, Modern Wars, prisoners of war, World War I,

Noizet-Saint-Paul, Gaspar

Elemens de Fortifications a L'Usage Des Officiers Des Etats-Majors Des Armees, Et Mis a la Portee Des Jeunes Eleves Des Ecoles Militaires

Paris, Barrois l'aine, 1812. First edition. Quarter morocco over boards, raised bands and five compartments decorated in gilt, gilt titles, all edges marbled. vii, [1]- 544; [545]-806 pp. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one but lacking the plate volume. Separate title page for volume II. Scarce. OCLC shows only three copies: US Mil. Acad. DefensieBiblotheken, and Het Legermuseum. A very good copy with minor edgewear, the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip. Text volumes only.

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Book number: 31681

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Keywords: , Military History, Fortifications, Military, Weapons, Tactics, 19th c.,

Noizet-Saint-Paul, Gaspar

Traite Complet de Fortification, Ouvrage Utile Aux Jeunes Militaires Et Mis a la Portee de Tout le Monde. [Two Volumes]

Paris, Barrois l'aine, 1818. Troisieme edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee (third ed.). Quarter morocco over boards, raised bands, five compartments decorated in gilt, gilt titles, all edges marbled. viii, 502 pp.; ii, 348 pp. 8vo. Lacking the plates. Scarce. OCLC show only 8 copies of this edition. Barbier p. 740. Lacking the plates else very good copies with minor edgewear, the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedowns, shelf sticker on foot of backstrips.

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Book number: 31680

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Prevost, L. De T. (Lewis de Teissier)

Aide to Military Instruction, with Plans and Diagrams

London, W. Mitchell & Co, 1884. First edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. xvi, 263 pp. Illus. with 10 numbered plates and 51 additional plates containing 136 drawings. 8vo. Prepared to help officers meet the requirements of General Order 50, issued the prior year, which required the training of soldiers under their own officers. OCLC shows 2 copies of which only the one at USMA is actually present; the BL reports one though it is miscatalogued. Boards soiled with some minor bumping else a very good with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, one leaf roughly opened.

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Book number: 31719

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: , Military History, 19th c., Military , Tactics , Handbooks, manuals, Infantry, British Military, 2010NYCBKFR, newyork2011,