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James M. Cain, editor, The Lorraine Cross, Volume 1, No. 7, March 20, 1919, published by The 79th Division, United States Army, 1919.
“Mange is on the Decline.” “Cudgels Taken Up.” “Atrocities in Verse: ‘Over the top with Rastus Brown’”. “Inoculation of 79th is Ordered.” These and other article titles and sections and features make this issue of The Lorraine Cross, uber-scarce in any condition and not currently available even on WorldCat dot org . This issue, in Fair…
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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Lieutenants, The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1991.
As fine-looking a set of Douglas Southall Freeman’s magisterial study of Robert E. Lee’s lieutenants and the military history of the American Civil War as you’ll ever find. Sterling condition hardcover copies, complete in three volumes, handsomely produced as per usual Easton Press Collector’s Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing…
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Georges FOURNIER, Traité des fortifications, ou architecture militaire, tiré des places les plus estimées de ce temps, pour leurs fortifications, divisé en deux parties. La première vous met en main les plans, coupes & élévations de quantité de places fort estimées, & tenuës pour très-bien fortifiées. La seconde vous fournit des pratiques faciles pour faire de semblables. Quatriesme édition, Jean Henault, 1667, Paris
2 parts in 1 very small volume in-12 (11.5 x 8 cm), full vellum of the time (skillfully restored, small losses of skin on the headcaps), renewed covers and guards, scattered waterstains at the beginning and end of the volume (upper corner). – First part: 186 pp. (including the title-frontispiece, the title, privilege, dedicatory epistle…
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George Washington Signed Military Commission, Preparing for a Decisive Battle Against Native Americans and the British in the Midwest
George Washington-signed military commissions are rare on the market, and we do not recall ever seeing a more attractive example. Two weeks after his second inauguration, President Washington appoints William Winston as Captain of Light Dragoons. By the time Winston joined the army in the Northwest Territory, he had been promoted to command the entire…
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Five Years A Cavalryman Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier McConnell, H.H. 1889
8vo (18 x 6 cm). 319 pp. Printed on salmon pink paper. Wear to head/tail of spine, corners rubbed, 1 x 1 cm stain to gutter/spine 5 cm from head of lower cover. Bookplate (The Suddaths) to front paste-down endpaper and owner’s label (Clyde Suddath) to rear. Howes M-59. Adams Six Guns 1393. Offered by Liberty…
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The Uniforms of the French Army from 1690 to 1894: 395 color plates, 5 vols. in-4°
Les Uniformes de l’armée française. Recueil d’ordonnances de 1690 à 1894 by doctor Lienhart and René Humbert at M. Ruhl in Leipzig from 1897 to 1906. Volume 1 [Part 1 and 2] 80 pl + 2 color pl, 1 black and white pl – 145 p. There are two extra plates, 20bis and 46bis. Our copy…
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A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War, by John Bach MacMaster, eight volumes, 1910-1917.
Eight volumes in-8°, half brown morocco with corners, gilt fillets on the covers, fleurons on the nerves (raised spine), title, author and volume number stamped on the spine. Light wear on the caps. Golden head slices. Hinges in very good condition. No foxing. Trimmed copy XV-622p./XX-664 p./XVII-584p./XIV-630p./XIV-577p./XIX-1ff°-556p. New York 1910-1917 A reference study on the…
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Greater East Asia War Painting Art Collection – Army and Navy Edition “Dai Tōasen kaiga bijutsu shū. Rikukai hen.” 1968
Offered by Liberty Book Store $295 To purchase, contact thorne@libertybookstore.com
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CHURCHILL. WINSTON. SPENCER. THE WORLD CRISIS. 1911-1914, 1915, 1916-1918-parts 1 and 2, The Aftermath, The Eastern Front.
Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1923-31 FIRST EDITION, 1st impressions of all volumes. 6 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and facsimiles of letters and documents. Fine leather bound set in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spines with raised bands. Red Morocco title labels ruled and lettered in gilt.…
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CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S. WAR SPEECHES. Into Battle; The Unrelenting struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches.
Cassell and Company. London. 1941-46 FIRST EDITION, 1st impressions. 7 Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). A complete set of first editions and 1st impressions of Churchill’s war speeches. A few pages with some light foxing but overall this is a clean and fine set which has been finely bound in recent full dark blue…