Hartford & Windham [CT]: 1785. A SOLDIER FOR JUST FIVE WEEKS. Too young for marriage and children, but old enough to join the fight for independence, these documents may be the last few remaining records of a largely forgotten soldier of 1776. Samuel Robinson III (1757-1776) was born in the..... Read More about A Group of Two Manuscripts and One Document, Attesting to the Service of Samuel Robinson in the...

Frankfurt am Mann: Verlag der jägerischen Buchhandlung, 1790. Third part. War with Turkey. The continuation of the military history of the Russian and Austrian war on Turkey. Read More about Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und Russlands,...

Valenciennes [France]: 2 avril, 1792. From the American Revolution to the Guillotine. A superb piece written shortly after Biron's promotion to Lieutenant General. Having been authorized to have to aides-de-camp, he asks the expedition of his patent to Mr de Preissac (Louis-Lambert de Preissac). Reading in part: "Ayant été autorisé..... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("Biron") ordering the expedition of the appointment of his...

VP including Ladysmith, Geluk Farm, Vluchfontein et al: 28 October 1899 - 5 April 1901. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. A fine group of letters by an English intelligence officer steadily rising through the ranks. In 1899 he is "sleep[ing] in the open air, only one blanket &..... Read More about 20 Letters reporting events at Ladysmith, the Transvaal, Bloemfontein and elsewhere

London: G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1801. The work contains numerous entries for North American battles of the Seven Years' War, American Revolution, including Annapolis Royal, Beausejour, Brandy-Wine, Lake Champlain, Charlestown, Fort Frontenac, Louisbourg, etc.  The entry for Bunker Hill describes the battle by quoting from a letter from..... Read More about The Field of Mars: Being an Alphabetical Digestion of the Principal Naval And Military...

np: nd. ODNB summarises Cadogan's achievement's thus: "His manner was often boisterous and loud and his dress ostentatious. He also had an unfortunate tendency to teasing levity that could give offence on occasions. However, Cadogan had enough diplomatic skill and courtesy to carry off many delicate and complex missions during..... Read More about Clipped signature

Amstelodami: apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1644. With Maps and Superb Woodcuts. Read More about Opera] C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant. Ex recensione Ios. Scaligeri

Homilow: March 15, 1842. With engraved portrait. The officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Read More about ALS

Paris: H. Laurens, [1925]. Nouvelle édition augmentée d’un text de M.L. Tarsot. Read More about Le Soldat Français

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1956; 1956; 1957; 1958. First American Editions. In Presentation Bindings. We have had and seen one other deluxe set of this edition, done for the president of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Read More about A History of the English Speaking Peoples. [Volume I: The Birth of Britain; Volume II: The New...

Portmouth: 11 May 1891. With a touch of false modesty, Commerell writes: "Peaceful times in the English Navy for the last half century have not given us much chance of adding many bright pages to the annals ..." Commerell's early career could hardly have been more auspicious: he was awarded..... Read More about ALS lauding the state of the English Navy

Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1856. Description of the war from the point of view of a Zouave trumpeter. Mention of Florence Nightingale and her nurses is made and hospitals described as well as information about operations and treatment. Read More about Recollections of a Zouave before Sebastopol...translated from the French by Mrs. M. Harrison...