W. H. Davenport Adams

Memorable Battles in English History with Lives of the Commanders

London, Griffith and Farran, 1879. Cloth. A new and revised edition of this illustrated history of important battles in English history. Complete in two volumes. Scarce work. New edition, revised and enlarged. Volume one is illustrated with frontispiece and four folding plates of battle plans. Volume two is illustrated with three folding plates of battle plans. Collated complete. A detailed history of important English battles, from the Battle of Hastings, and the Great Battles of the Civil War, to the Battle of Waterloo, and the Siege of Delhi. Written by William Henry Davenport Adams, an English writer, journalist, and historian. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume two. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Light fraying to the head and tail of the spine. Joints tender but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 868T49

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: Memorable Battles English History Battles Adams None

The Ministry of Information for the Admiralty

The Mediterranean Fleet: Greece to Tripoli the Admiralty Account of Naval Operations April 1941 to January 1943

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1944. First edition. Magazine. Account of British naval operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Looking into the British naval operations in the Mediterranean from Greece to Tripoli from 1941 to 1943, the first edition of this work. Prepared for the Admiralty by the Ministry of Information. Fully illustrated in black and white. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 826A61

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: military naval ww2 naval Not Stated

Admiralty

Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War 3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September 1945 with Amendment 1

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1947-1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War along with the first Amendment to the volume. Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War 3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September 1945 with Amendment 1, which includes additional information which had been received since the publication of the volume which was published in 1949. The volume details the losses the Royal Navy sustained during the Second World War, organised into Warship and auxiliary vessels and landing ships, craft and barges. In the original paper wraps. Externally, very smart with some light fading to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 851B18

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War 3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September 1945 with Amendment 1 Royal Navy Second World War Royal Navy None

Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Normandy to the Baltic

Germany, Printing and Stationery Service British Army of the Rhine, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the author's account from the preparations for the invasion of North-West Europe, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, dated June 1946. Illustrated with a colour map frontispiece, forty-five maps, many of which are folding, and three folding diagrams. Collated complete. The author's account of activity from his relinquishing of the command of the Eighth Army and returning to England to take over 21 Army Group in preparation for the invasion of North-West Europe, to the Battle of the Rhine and the surrender. Written by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the Second World War. Previously held in the library of Sir Robert Francis Mudie, a British civil servant and a member of the British Indian Civil Service during the British Raj. He was the last British and colonial Governor of Sind and served as the first Governor of West Punjab in the Dominion of Pakistan. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the extremities. A singular worm hole from the title page to the seventh page. Author's inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 894T2

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Normandy Baltic Montgomery Mudie Baltic Not Stated

Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Normandy to the Baltic

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the campaign in North-West Europe during the Second World War, complete with numerous folding maps. A fascinating and compelling account of the campaign in North West Europe, which began with 'Operation Overlord' (more widely known as D-Day), followed by the liberation of France and an advance through Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Rhineland, finally ending in Germany's surrender. Written by Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, a decorated war hero who personally commanded the British Eighth Army during the Allied Invasion of Sicily and Italy, as well as during the Battle of Normandy. He then continued with the 21st Army Group during the North West Europe campaign, and personally accepted German surrender in north-western Europe at Luneburg Heath at the end of the Second World War. The first edition of this work. Including a frontispiece map, as well as forty-six maps and three diagrams in folding pockets at the front and rear of the work. Collated and complete. A smart copy of this comprehensive personal account of the end of the Second World War.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just some light shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 826J21

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: normandy baltic military second world war baltic first edition Not Stated

Archibald Alison

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M. Dcc. LXXXIX. To the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. Dccc. XV.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1848. Leather. A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings. A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh edition of Scottish advocate and historian Sir Archibald Alison's impressive history of the French Revolution, in bright half calf bindings.The work is regarded as the first scholarly English language study of the Revolution. It contains a wealth of information on the tumultuous period in history, and is written in a 'lively and wordy' style. It was a huge commercial success, being revised and reprinted many times in the nineteenth century, and translated into a number of languages. Alison aimed to educate people on the French Revolution, and to right the erroneous opinions which had spread in the aftermath.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I.With the armorial bookplate of MP William John Lysley to each front pastedown.Alison's belief that the central failure in France was the reluctance of the ruling classes to stand up to popular intimidation resulted in this work being considered a 'Bible' for the Tory party at the time, due to its nostalgia for an ancient constitution, and pragmatism. In half calf bindings, with gilt details to back strip and bright marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strips, and a touch of rubbing to joints. Armorial bookplates to front pastedowns. Small loss to front free endpaper of volume 11. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves of each volume, with pages otherwise bright and generally clean, with only the odd light handling mark. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 821F13

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: william john lysley french revolution europe restoration of the bourbons french revolution Not Stated

Joseph Allen

Battles of the British Navy

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Cloth. A new revised edition of a two volume set detailing British Naval battles from 1190 until 1840. A new edition of the two volume set in original publisher's binding. This work explores the history of battles carried out by the British navy. Volume one covers british naval history between the years 1190 and 1799, including the French revolutionary war of 1793. Volume two continues with the year 1800 and ends with the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840. Volume one has 19 illustrations and 13 diagrams. Volume two is lacking a portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy on page 253. Volume two has 17 illustrations and 7 diagrams remaining.Binding from Bohn's Illustrated library with Bohn's advertisement endpapers. In publisher's original binding, from Bohn's Illustrated Library. Externally, a trifle rubbed, particularly to the extremities. Cloth is slightly bumped, mainly to extremities. Volume two is particularly bumped, with cloth starting to fore edge of boards. Marks to boards, with damp staining to to front board of both volumes. Hinges tender with cords visible to volume one. Hinges weak with cords visible to volume two. Marks and age toning to endpapers. Endpapers with Bohn's advertisements. Internally binding tender. Tide mark to frontispiece and title page of volume two. Pages generally clean. Pages have age toning and occasional spotting. Volume two lacking plate on page 253. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 869Q11

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: Battle British Navy Joseph Allen British Navy Not Stated

L S Amery

The Problem of the Army

London, Edward Arnold, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this work on the Army by Leopold Amery. This work is an expansion on Amery's articles on the conduct of the Second Boer War for The Times. Signed by Amery to the front endpaper, 'H A Sargeaunt from L.S.A' Sargeaunt was a fellow correspondent, who wrote many articles on Foreign affairs and co-authored 'Grand Strategy: The Search for Victory&apos. Amery was known for his opposition to appeasement, and his interest in military preparedness. During the Second Boer War, he was a correspondent for The Times. His attack of the commander Sir Redvers Henry Buller contributed to his sacking. He was the only correspondent to visit Boer forces. This work advocates for the reorganisation of the British Army, as the Boer War had exposed deficiencies in its practice. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'This book is the property of H A Sargeaunt who has kindly loaned it to A O R G Library. Please take care of it as you would one of your own books&apos. An important work, which outlines some critical points on army reform, by someone who observed the conduct of the institution first-hand. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minor fading to the spine, which is lightly bumped to the head and tail of spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Signed by the author to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Lightly strained to pages 144-145. Pages are very bright with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 708L16

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: H A Sargeaunt Victory Amery Boer Victory Army None