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Item 304787[Collection of pamphlets and press releases involving the Six Day War].
Price: $1,250
New York: 1963-1970. The Palestine Arab Delegation came to prominence through their demand that the Balfour Declaration be abrogated. With the advent of the United Nations they established themselves in New York City and continued to lobby for the interests of Palestinians. This collection provides a in depth look into..... Read More Item Details for [Collection of pamphlets and press releases involving the Six Day War] Add to Wish List
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Item 30756Histoire Civile et Militaire des Parisiens, depuis les Gaulois jusqu'a Nos Jours.
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Paris: A Barbier, Imprimeur, 1831. Marin is best known for his “Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de Chateaubriand” (1832). Read More Item Details for Histoire Civile et Militaire des Parisiens, depuis les Gaulois jusqu'a Nos Jours Add to Wish List
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Superbly Illustrated Victorian Artillery Textbook
Item 313427[Notes on Artillery].
Price: $5,000
[Addiscombe, Surrey: n.d., ca. 1848]. Unpublished. Superbly Illustrated Victorian Artillery Textbook. With chapters on artillery, practice with live shells, mortar practice, notes on the foundry, boring, and carriage departments, and extensive chapters on gunpowder and laboratory work. Composition is after October 1848 based on the dates of ricochet and mortar..... Read More Item Details for [Notes on Artillery] Add to Wish List
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Item 6578Prise de Constantine.
Price: $750
Paris: Gihaut Freres, [1837]. First Edition. [With] Retraite de Constantine. Engraved title-page and 6 mounted engravings on India paper. Paris: Gihaut Freres, [1837]. First Edition. Extra-illustrated with the addition of 2 full page plates at the end (dated 1841). Thes albums depict the battles of the French army against the..... Read More Item Details for Prise de Constantine Add to Wish List
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Signed in full by every officer
Item 303187Two pay lists of the the officers belonging to the Garrison of Fort St Phillips, who are to receive.
Price: $950
Minorca: 25 December 1781 and 23 February 1783. Signed in full by every officer. The first is titled: “No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle, from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782.” The second has written on the verso: “ No..... Read More Item Details for Two pay lists of the the officers belonging to the Garrison of Fort St Phillips, who are to receive Add to Wish List
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Item 241680An Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States; With Biographies of Distinguished Officers of All Grades...
Price: $350
Philadelphia: Published by E.H. Butler, 1848. First edition. Read More Item Details for An Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States; With Biographies of Distinguished Officers of All Grades Add to Wish List
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Item 39856Hand-Colored Lithographic Half-Portrait. "This Print of the Right Honble. Lord Grantham, Commander of the Yorkshire Hussars is by Permission dedicated...
Price: $400
np: Printed by C. Hullmandel, nd (c. 1850). Read More Item Details for Hand-Colored Lithographic Half-Portrait. "This Print of the Right Honble. Lord Grantham, Commander of the Yorkshire Hussars is by Permission dedicated to the Officers...Wm. Robinson" Add to Wish List
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Inscribed to his Son
Item 366506Addresses.
Price: $35,000
Washington, D.C: The White House [Government Printing Office], Christmastide, 1942. First edition. Number 22 or 100 copies, inscribed by FDR to his son John Roosevelt and daughter-in-law Anne. Inscribed to his Son. Includes the following speeches by FDR: Dec. 8, 1941 (delivered in Congress the day following Pearl Harbor, requesting..... Read More Item Details for Addresses Add to Wish List
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Item 250175Turenne (1611-1675.) Sa Vie. Les Institutions Militaires de Son Temps.
Price: $150
Paris: Georges Hurtel, 1884. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne-Bouillon, Vicomte de Turenne was a general for Louis XIV and later a Marshal. Read More Item Details for Turenne (1611-1675.) Sa Vie. Les Institutions Militaires de Son Temps Add to Wish List
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Item 36879Two decrees (in Russian).
Price: $750
Moscow: Meisto Pechati [first piece], 17 & 19 March 1775. Decrees relating to the military, issued by Catherine II. These were issued the year following the end of the Russo-Turkish wars and the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji (signed the 21st July 1774), and after the Cossack rebellion lead by Ymelyan..... Read More Item Details for Two decrees (in Russian) Add to Wish List
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Item 31896Histoire ou Anecdotes sur La Révolution de Russie; en l'Année 1762.
Price: $300
Paris: Chez Desenne, An V de la Rev. 1797. First edition. With "Discours en Vers sur Les Disputes par M. De Rulhiere" on pp. 177-186. Read More Item Details for Histoire ou Anecdotes sur La Révolution de Russie; en l'Année 1762 Add to Wish List
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Saxe on The Art of War
Item 237097Les Reveries, ou Memoires sur l'art de la Guerre de Maurice Comte de Saxe, Duc de Courlande et de Semigalle...
Price: $1,100
a la Haye: Chez Pierre Gosse Junior, Libr. de S.A.R, 1756. First edition. Saxe on The Art of War. Saxe (1696-1750) was one of the great generals of the eighteenth century who distinguished himself in the Austrian war of succession (1740-1748). He was also the eldest of 350 illegitimate progeny..... Read More Item Details for Les Reveries, ou Memoires sur l'art de la Guerre de Maurice Comte de Saxe, Duc de Courlande et de Semigalle ... par Mr. de [Zacharie de Pazzi] Bonnevile, Capitaine Ingenieur de Campagne de Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse Add to Wish List
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THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE
Item 303318Relacao de huma batalha succedida no campo de Lake Giorge na America Septemtrional, entre as Tropas Inglazas commandadas pelo Coronel...
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Lisboa: [Domingos Rodrigues], 1757. First edition. THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE. A Portuguese translation of General William Johnson's "Letter to the Governours of the Several Colonies who raised Troops on the Present Expedition" signed in the text "Wilhelmo Gonson." Not long after the commencement of the Seven Years' War, Johnson..... Read More Item Details for Relacao de huma batalha succedida no campo de Lake Giorge na America Septemtrional, entre as Tropas Inglazas commandadas pelo Coronel Guilhelmo, e as Francezas das quae era Commandante o General Barao Dieskau, aos 30 aos 30. de Junho do prezente anno de 1757 / traduzida no idioma Portuguez; extrahida de huma carta escrita pelo mesmo coronel, logo despois do successo, ao general Wensvort, governador da nova Hamsphire [sic] e mandada inclusa em outra escrita em postmaute capital da mesma provincia Add to Wish List
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Item 317970Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, late a lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th regiment.
Price: $300
London: Hurst, Chance, and Co, 1830. Second edition. "John Shipp was a remarkable soldier, who began his military career as a drummer boy at the age of ten. He rose through the ranks to become a Lieutenant in the 87th Regiment in India. He sold his first commission to pay..... Read More Item Details for Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, late a lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th regiment Add to Wish List
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Item 310620[Seisen Bizoku. Koa no Hikari] [Enlightened Crusaders. Light of East Asia].
Price: $75
Tokyo: Seibunsha, 1939. Illustrations made from the front of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Read More Item Details for [Seisen Bizoku. Koa no Hikari] [Enlightened Crusaders. Light of East Asia] Add to Wish List
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Item 227223ADS, one page, signed ," Fitroy Somerset" about detachments for embarkation on board the "Asia" and 'Stratfield"
Price: $150
Home Guards: 16. June, 1831. Read More Item Details for ADS, one page, signed ," Fitroy Somerset" about detachments for embarkation on board the "Asia" and 'Stratfield" Add to Wish List
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Item 339410The Marines.
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New York, London: Doubleday, 1989. Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USMC (Retired) 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps on colophon page. Inscribed to " January 28, 1992. To Ambassador Walter J.P. Curley-Marine! Many Thanks for your hospitality and for your continued dedicated service to..... Read More Item Details for The Marines Add to Wish List
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Item 19232Memoires concernant Monsieur le comte de Stenbock, senateur de Suede, et generalissime des armées de Sa Majesteé suedoise en Allemagne...
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Frankfurt: Chez J. B. Andreae & H. Hort, 1745. First edition. Magnus Gustafsson, Count Stenbock, was a Swedish soldier, who distinguished himself during the War of the Grand Alliance, winning important victories at Dünamünde, Klissow, Cracos, Pultusk and especially Helsingborg. He was a favorite of Charles XII and received his..... Read More Item Details for Memoires concernant Monsieur le comte de Stenbock, senateur de Suede, et generalissime des armées de Sa Majesteé suedoise en Allemagne : savoir les campagnes de 1712 & 1713 de ce général avec sa justification, pour servir d’eclaircissement à l'histoire militaire de Charles XII. roi de Suede : avec quelques observations historiques & critiques sur ces memoiress. par Mr. N**** Add to Wish List
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Item 366378A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America, or, the Young Artillerist's Pocket Companion...
Price: $2,750
New York: William A. Davis, No. 26, Moore Street, for the Author, 1797. First Edition. The author was a captain of artillery during the American Revolution under Gen. John Lamb, who provides herein a recommendation for the book. William Rollinson, a line and stipple engraver in New York, executed the..... Read More Item Details for A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America, or, the Young Artillerist's Pocket Companion Add to Wish List
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Launching the Nautilus
Item 17853USS Nautilus: Fact Sheet issued on the occasion of her comissioning September 30, 1954.
Price: $250
New York: Public Information Office, HQ Third Naval District, 1954. Launching the Nautilus. An ephemeral information sheet containing much interesting information probably not readily available elsewhere, this is the Navy's description of the Nation's first nuclear powered submarine, covering the background, construction, capabilities and details of the $30 million vessel..... Read More Item Details for USS Nautilus: Fact Sheet issued on the occasion of her comissioning September 30, 1954 Add to Wish List
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Item 300070Supplement aux Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Droits de Leide le 14 Novermbre 1713.
Price: $300
[Leyden]: 14 November 1713. A scarce broadside commemorating a Russian victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War (1700-21). This broadside is a supplement to the Gazette de Leyde, which was founded in 1677 by Jean Alexandre de la Font. The importance of the journal lays in its subtitle: "de..... Read More Item Details for Supplement aux Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Droits de Leide le 14 Novermbre 1713 Add to Wish List
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ALS letter from Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Item 346067ALS from Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Dorothy Hancock Tilton [as "Miss. Hillyer"], the wife of poet Robert Hillyer.
Price: $750
Kentucky: ca. 1930. ALS letter from Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. wrote this letter while Commander of the Twenty-Sixth Infantry to poet Robert Hillyer's wife at the time, Dorothy Hancock Tilton, a literary editor for the Houghton Mifflin publishing house. In it responds that he has no photograph to..... Read More Item Details for ALS from Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Dorothy Hancock Tilton [as "Miss. Hillyer"], the wife of poet Robert Hillyer Add to Wish List
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Item 317730Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House stationery, to C. Suydam Cutting.
Price: $3,000
Washington, D.C: White House, May 21, 1937. Like FDR, Suydam Cutting, who came from a prominent New Jersey family, was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard (they graduated 5 years apart). Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR, Jr., and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions..... Read More Item Details for Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House stationery, to C. Suydam Cutting Add to Wish List
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