SOMNER, William. A Treatise of the Roman Ports and Forts in Kent. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1693. 1st ed. [9],118,[2],117,[15]pp. Portrait frontis. Contemporary full calf, red spine label. Spine darkened, wear to head of spine and corners, label partially abraded, front hinge repaired, bookplate removed from front pastedown, some.....
ALLINGHAM W. The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur Vauban, Engineer-General of France. Together with a New Treatise of Geometry. London: A. Bettesworth.J. Batley.S. Ballard, 1722. 4th ed. Carefully Revised & Corrected by the Original. [16],213,[3, advertisements]pp. Frontis. All 31 folding plates. Contemporary full calf, gilt-ruled raised spine.....
[SMYTH, Alexander]. Regulations for the Field Exercise, Manoeuvres, and Conduct of the Infantry of the United States; Drawn Up and Adapted to the Organization of the Militia and Regular Troops. By and Officer of the Army. Phila.: Printed by Fry and Kammerer, 1812. 1st ed. xv,[3],225,[1]pp. 34 folding plates. Orig.....
TOWN, Thomas. The Complete Military Tutor: Containing a System of Modern Tactics, Applicable to Infantry; in Company, Regiment, or Line. As Laid Down by the Most Approved Authors, and Now in Practice by the Armies of the United States. Phila.: Published by the Editor, 1809. 1st ed. 378pp. 16 plates.....
HOYT, E[paphras]. Practical Instruction for Military Officers: Comprehending Concise System of Military Geometry, Field Fortification and Tactics of Riflemen and Light Infantry. Also the Scheme for Forming a Corps of a Partisan, and Carrying on the Petite Guerre, by Roger Stevenson, Esq. Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged. To Which Is Annexed.....
SANDBURG, Carl. Abraham Lincoln. The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 4 Vols. Illus. Orig. cloth. Near fine. HOWES S-82. Monaghan 3711. Angle, pp. 56-58. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper of Vol. One: "For Marjorie Arnette whose acquaintance with either grief or the gift.....
CANNON, Richard, comp. Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot; Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848. London; Parker, Furnival, & Parker, 1848. 1st ed. xxxii,56pp. Two hand-colored plates. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Spine lightly sunned.....
HABBERTON, John. Country Luck. Original pictorial cloth. Phila.: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1887. First edition. Wright III: 2347. Slight soiling to cloth, else very good or better.
GREENE, Sarah Pratt (McLean). Cape Cod Folks. Original decorated coth. Boston: A. Williams & Company, 1881. "Fifth edition" in the same year as the first. Wright III:2254. Near fine.
NORTON, Caroline Sheridan. Lost and Saved. Original embossed cloth, Phila.: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. First American edition. Children's stickers on front endpapers, else near fine.
CRESWICK, Paul. With Richard the Fearless A Tale of the Red Crusade. Illustrated by H. Crockett. Original pictorial cloth, T.e.g. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1904]. A very good copy.
BARBOUR, Ralph Henry. Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway. Original pictorial cloth. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. First edition. Near fine.
EVANS, Mary L. Glimpses by Sea and Land, during a Six Months' Trip to Europe. [Phila.: W.H. Pile, printer], 1870. 1st ed. 361pp. Orig. cloth. Minor rubbing to spine ends, else near fine. First, privately printed, edition. These pieces, detailing her travels in the British Isles, Germany, and Switzerland, first.....
VAN DYKE, Henry. Essays in Application. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st ed. ix,282pp. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth, T.e.g., non-priceclipped d/j. Minor chipping to d/j, else fine.
KEMBLE, France Anne. A Year of Consolation. By Mrs, Butler, Late Fanny Kemble. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847. 1st American ed. 2 Vols. in one. 136;171pp. Orig. embossed cloth. Faint scattered foxing, else near fine. Travels in Italy.
HOLLAND, Saba. Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By His Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from His letters, Edited by Mrs. Austin. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 1st American ed. 2 Vols. 378;511pp. Orig. embossed cloth. Small amount of faint scattered foxing, else near fine. Memoir of the.....
(PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENTAL). EBERLEY, Robert E., Jr. Bouquets from the Cannon's Mouth: Soldiering with the Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves. Shippensburg, PA: Whie Mane Books, [2005]. 1st ed. xxi,372pp. Illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
(FRY, ELIZABETH). CORDER, Susanna. Life of Eliuzabeth Fry. Compiled from Her Journal, as Edited by Her Daughters, and from Various Other Sources. Phila.: Henry Longstreth, 1853. 1st ed. 667pp. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends and corners, faint scattered foxing, else very good.
(FRY, ELIZABETH). [FRY, Katharine, and CRESSWELL, Rachel Elizabeth]. Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from Her Journal and Letters. Edited by Two of Her Daughters. Phila.: J.W. Moore, 1847. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 525;552pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Minor wear to heads of spines, lower corners.....
SMITH, Digby. Napoleon's Regiments: Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815. London: Greenhill Books, [2000]. 1st ed. 327pp. double-columned. Portraits, plates, maps, pictorial endpapers. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
HOFSCHROER, Peter. 1815 the Waterloo Campaign: Wellington, His German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras. London: Greenhill Books, [1998]. 1st ed. 398pp. Portraits, plates, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
DEMPSEY, Guy C., Jr. Napoleon's Mercenaries: Foreign Units in the French Army under the Consulate and Empire, 1799-1814. London: Greenhill Books, [2002]. 1st ed. 351pp. Portraits, plates, pictorial endpapers. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
MORRIS, Donald R. The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1965]. 1st ed. 655pp. Portraits, plates, maps, map endpapers. Orig. pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
CHANDLER, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1973]. xliii,1172pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, plates, maps (some folding). Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
WHITE, Arthur S., comp. A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army. Original gilt-armorial cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. [N.P.]: The Society for Army Historical Research, 1965. Intended for students of military history. A few faint marks on d/j, else near fine.