Fascinating introduction to the history of Japan. Commissioned by the Yamato society to promote a more nuanced appreciation of Japan beyond its military prowess. Intended for european and american readers it tells the political and social history of the coun [more...]
'And in the South of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814'. Complete set of Napier great history of the Peninsula war. With 55 detailed maps and diagrams of battles. Full leather with raised bands. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge [more...]
English translation/reconstitution of the Prussian General Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen's military treatises on martial organization. His pieces on Strategy, Cavalry and Artillery were written in the late 19th century and quickly became classic tract [more...]
Handsome Folio Society Tacitus' annals of Imperial Rome, describing the reigns of the Emperors from Augustus and Tiberius to that of Nero. with an introduction by Michael Grant, a preface by Theodore Rabb. Complete with slipcase. Maps to endpapers. Full pa [more...]
Red cloth with blind stamped decoration. 79 plates featuring b/w images of dress, weapons and trim. First edition. 4to. [vii] 118pp. Sunning to spine with some splitting. Binding still sound. Contents clean. fair/Good condition [more...]
Impressive set comprising of The Peninsula War 1808-1811, The Waterloo Campaign and The Peninsula War 1812-1814. Made up from various eyewitness accounts from various participants, from Wellington himself down to ordinary soldiers, all curated by Fletcher. It [more...]
'A descriptive account of the various regiments comprising the Queen's forces in India and the Colonies'. 4to. cloth bound volume featuring 8 tremendous full page, colour plates. 192pp. All edges gilt. Three pages of advertisements to rear. 'Div' 1 of 2. [more...]
First edition of this thorough account of the uniform of British Soldiers from Roman times until the Victorian era. With 100 b/w illustrations. Large octavo, [xxiv] 177pp. Bumping, rubbing and marking to blue cloth covers. Extremely light foxing within. Oth [more...]
'War Pictures on Land and Sea: Forming a Continuous Narrative of the Naval and Military History of England from the Year 1793 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes and Accounts of personal Service.' Jaunty half leather binding in Red with Blue Clot [more...]
Interesting Folio Society set of Wedgwood's Civil war histories, published from 1955 to 1964. With an introduction by Richard Ollard. With maps and b/w and colour images. Complete with slipcase. Some minor shelfwear to slipcase. Contents crisp and clean. [more...]
Impressive leather binding of the abridged version of Napier's great history of the Napoleonic wars, focusing on the battles of the English Army. Full leather with decorated spine and raised bands. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. s [more...]
A detailed account of the 28 surviving De Havilland Mosquitos with numerous b/w images. 8vo. 138pp. DJ has some sunning to spine. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Nice leather binding of the abridged version of Napier's great history of the Napoleonic wars, focusing on the battles of the English Army. Full leather with decorated spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. Outer dentelles. small 8vo [more...]
Fascinating autobiography of the great test-pilot and engineer, who saw first hand the emergence and development of the british aviation industry. 8vo. 394pp. Dust jacked is sunned to sun. But otherwise a bright and crisp copy. Very good. [more...]
'With an addition chapter on the battle of the Marne'. Reprint edition of this revised edition of Churchill's great World Crisis, comprising of the first four parts of that series. With b/w fold-out maps. chunky 8vo. 831pp. Dust jacket has tanning, light [more...]
Handsome leather rebinding of this biography of John Lawrence, Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. With pull out map of Britain's Indian Empire and index. small 8vo. Full red leather with inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling [more...]
Second volume written by the famous test pilot in which Brown details his experiences in some of the strangest and most dangerous aircraft he ever tested. With b/w images. small quarto size. 162pp. Very light shelfwear and toning to Dust Jacket. Contents [more...]
Folio Society edition of Keegan's groundbreaking work. A study of the realities and mechanics of three battles: Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. With b/w images. Pictorial cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. New. [more...]
An account of Wellington's campaign, drawing heavily on eye-witness accounts. DJ has some shelfwear and rubbing to rear but volume is crisp and clean. VEry good overall. [more...]
Three separate accounts of soldiers who fought in France during world war one. With b/w maps. Cloth boards are bumped at extremities, especially one corner. contents clean and tight. Good+ condition. [more...]
