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Life of Captain Nathan Hale - The Martyr-Spy of the American Revolution by: Stuart, I. W.

Life of Captain Nathan Hale - The Martyr-Spy of the American Revolution
by: Stuart, I. W.

Hardcover. Hartford, F. A. Brown, 2nd, 1856, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages of main text plus Appendix and 12 pages of Press reviews. Black & white illustrations. Light foxing throughout. Light wear to cloth covers with fading to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609255

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 

Life of Paul Jones, The (2 Vols.) by: Mackenzie, Alexander Siidell
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Life of Paul Jones, The (2 Vols.)
by: Mackenzie, Alexander Siidell

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, reprint, 1846, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, 260 and 308 pages, b&w engraved portrait of Jones in Vol.1. Both books bound in half black leather and blue boards with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, top edge gilt. Previous owner's bookplate inside front covers. Light foxing, mainly to preliminary pages. Beautiful set.

Record # 403683

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa by: Edgerton, Robert B.
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Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa
by: Edgerton, Robert B.

Softcover. NY, Ballantine Books, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages, b&w illustrations. Describes the causes and background of the Zulu War, recounts the experiences of British and Zulu survivors, and looks at the strategies and tactics of the war. Clean copy.

Record # 387838

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Little Bighorn Campaign, The : March-September 1876 (Great Campaigns Series) by: Sarf, Wayne Michael
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Little Bighorn Campaign, The : March-September 1876 (Great Campaigns Series)
by: Sarf, Wayne Michael

Hardcover. US, Combined Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. The destruction of George Armstrong Custer's command at Little Bighorn by the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne on 25 June, 1876 has been etched in the national memory and has remained one of America's longest lingering controversies. The Little Bighorn Campaign penetrates the mysteries of Custer's disaster as well as the broader context of the 1876 campaign against the Sioux.

Record # 462046

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Lost Black Sheep: The Search for WWII Ace Chris Magee by: Reed, Robert T.
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Lost Black Sheep: The Search for WWII Ace Chris Magee
by: Reed, Robert T.

Hardcover. Central Point OR, Hellgate Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 246 pages, b&w illustrations. Lost Black Sheep tells two amazing stories. The first chronicles the wartime exploits of Marine Corps Ace Chris Magee, former member of the famous Black Sheep Squadron, his improbable postwar odyssey, and the surprising developments of his later years. The second describes the author's personal quest to find a man who seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth and the startling revelations that follow when he finds him. Clean copy.

Record # 387257

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Lost Victories: War Memoirs of Hitlers Most Brilliant General by: Von Manstein, Field Marshal Erich
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Lost Victories: War Memoirs of Hitlers Most Brilliant General
by: Von Manstein, Field Marshal Erich

Softcover. Zenith Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 574 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book. His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. Clean copy.

Record # 400885

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Man on Mao's Right, The by: Chaozhu, Ji
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Man on Mao's Right, The
by: Chaozhu, Ji

Hardcover. New York, Random House, First Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with only light marginal wear. Clean & unmarked.

Record # 750679

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, Tet 1968 by: Hammel, Eric
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Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, Tet 1968
by: Hammel, Eric

Hardcover. US, Zenith Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. "This spectacular book is the first of its kind - an illustrated history of the fierce fight on the streets of Hue which contains over 200 amazing images! Marines in Hue City covers all phases of the battle, from the opening shots and the Marines' arrival to the 'six-block war' and the seizure of the Citadel. The detailed city maps of downtown Hue and the Citadel provide overall context of the battle, and allows you to connect the book's images with the battle zone. And in addition to describing all the tactics and weaponry used by the Marines, author Eric Hammel provides an extraordinarily detailed caption for every picture.

Record # 350383

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 by: Roberts, Andrew
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Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945
by: Roberts, Andrew

Hardcover. New York, Harper, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 720 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 470156

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Materials for a Biography of Dr Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689):a new survey of public and private archives by: Meynell, G.C.
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Materials for a Biography of Dr Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689):a new survey of public and private archives
by: Meynell, G.C.

Hardcover. Kent UK, Winterdown Books, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 107 pages. Limited to 375 copies. Clean copy.

Record # 386547

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Memorial of the American Patriots Who Fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, A by: City of Boston
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Memorial of the American Patriots Who Fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, A
by: City of Boston

Hardcover. Boston, City of Boston, 1st, 1889, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 274 pages, b&w plates and illustrations. Brown end papers. Brown cloth coverings w/ gilt seal and lettering on spine. Wear and rubbing to covers, corners. Binding weak, several pages loose. Else pages clean and crisp.

Record # 401798

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 

Memorial Record of the Soldiers of Greensboro, Vermont, By E.E. Rollins 1868, The by: Rollins, E. E.
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Memorial Record of the Soldiers of Greensboro, Vermont, By E.E. Rollins 1868, The
by: Rollins, E. E.

Hardcover. Newport, VT, Civil War Enterprises, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 77 pages. Hardcover. Reprint, original publishing date 1868. In excellent shape, clean inside and out. Binding tight. From title page: "The Memorial Record of the Soldiers Who Enlisted from Greensboro, Vermont, to Aid in Subduing the Great Rebellion of 1861-5, Accompanied by a brief History of Each Regiment that Left the state."

Record # 31089

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War (Collector's Library of the Civil War) by: Beers, Fannie A.
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Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Beers, Fannie A.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372348

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Mighty Stonewall (SIGNED COPY) by: Vandiver, Frank E.
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Mighty Stonewall (SIGNED COPY) by: Vandiver, Frank E.Mighty Stonewall (SIGNED COPY) by: Vandiver, Frank E.

Mighty Stonewall (SIGNED COPY)
by: Vandiver, Frank E.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 547 pages. Hardcover. A Special Hall of Fame Edition of 1,000 copies of which this is SIGNED and hand numbered #738/1000 BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated with 8 pages of black & white photographs. Faint darkening to top right corner, edge of front endpaper. Price clipped dust jacket with light wear - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Unmarked text. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612685

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856 (with) Rifled Infantry Arms: A Brief Description of the Modern System of Small Arms as Adopted in the Various European Armies by:
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Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856 (with) Rifled Infantry Arms: A Brief Description of the Modern System of Small Arms as Adopted in the Various European Armies
by:

Hardcover. Washington DC, GPO, 1st, 1861, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, brown cloth covers with embossed design. 34 plates, mostly fold-out: #1-21 in part one. 1-13 in rear. Some scattered foxing, all plates in very good condition.

Record # 406352

Price: $250.00

Price: $250.00 

Monument to Major-General Arthur St. Clair by: N/A
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Monument to Major-General Arthur St. Clair
by: N/A

Softcover. Greensburg PA, privately printed, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, octavo, 25 pages, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild general shelfwear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Includes a b/w sketch by John Trumbull.

Record # 353628

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Mosby's Rangers (Collector's Library of the Civil War) by: Williamson, James J.
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Mosby's Rangers (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Williamson, James J.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 389 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. The commander of a Georgia regiment through much of the Civil War mused later in his memoirs that the heaviest burden fell not upon the man at the front, but upon the woman who waited and prayed for victory: "While the men were carried away with the drunkenness of the war, she dwelt in the stillness of her desolate home." Sallie Brock Putnam spoke for Southern womanhood. She was a native of Madison County, Virginia, and seems to have come from a family of good social standing. The book contains an unexpectedly full history of the Civil War; the author exhibits a strong grasp of strategy and tactics. But at its heart is an incisive eyewitness account of life in a capital that was swollen to four times its normal population by the exigencies of war. Brock's descriptions of Jefferson Davis' inauguration and the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 are dramatic, but no more so than her accounts of nameless refugees, race relations, opportunistic merchants and blockade runners. Confederate prisons and family matters. In contrast to other female Southern writers of the period, she was more sober and factual, less gossipy and speculative. She wrote with shrewdness and maturity, and with a remarkable lack of self-pity and exaggeration. Yet the reader cannot miss her courage, sacrifice and suffering. Sallie Brock Putnam died in 1911.

Record # 372351

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender... by: Williamson, James J.
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Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender... by: Williamson, James J.Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender... by: Williamson, James J.

Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender...
by: Williamson, James J.

Hardcover. New York, Ralph Kenyan, 1st Edition, 1896, 511 pages. Hardcover. Over 200 b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in gray cloth, beveled at edges, gilt title/decoration on spine, gilt title and decoration on front cover board, designed engraved on back cover board. cover boards have some rubbing and light soil, a touch of fraying to top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's inscription on front preliminary page. Binding tight. Spine slightly cocked. "...From the Diary of a Private, Supplemented and Verified with Official Reports of Federal Officers and Also of Mosby; With Personal Reminiscences, Sketches of Skirmishes, Battles and Bivouacs, Dashing Raids and Daring Adventures, Scenes and Incidents in the History of Mosby's Command."

Record # 367821

Price: $250.00
Price: $250.00 

Moses Brown Captain U. S. N. by: Maclay, Edgar Stanton
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Moses Brown Captain U. S. N.
by: Maclay, Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York, Baker and Taylor, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering, b&w illustration on cover pastedown, 220 pages. Black & white illustrated. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover.

Record # 608813

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Narrative of a Blockade-Runner, The (Collector's Library of the Civil War) by: Wilkinson, Jon
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Narrative of a Blockade-Runner, The (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Wilkinson, Jon

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372372

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Naval Documents of the American Revolution 1775-1776 Volume 3 by: William Bell Clark, Editor
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Naval Documents of the American Revolution 1775-1776 Volume 3
by: William Bell Clark, Editor

Hardcover. Washington DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title to front and spine. 1486 pages. VOL. 3 ONLY. Includes maps, illustrations, and facsimiles of contemporary documents. Edited by William Bell Clark. Forewords by President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller. Illustrations and charts by Commander Dermott V. Hickey and W. Bart Greenwood. Maps on endpapers. Primary documents, letters from the Revolutionary War as it was being fought day by day at sea and in Congress. Letters from Ezra Stiles on the Cannons at Ticonderoga. George Washington to John Hancock on forming the Marines, Master's log of H.M. Nautilus. Philip Schuyler letters Maps. Painting of Ezra Hopkins. Original sketch of the American ship Privateer Washington. Ex-Library copy with tape on spine and embossed stamp on title page. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 397753

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Navies, Deterrence, & American Independence - Britain and Seapower in the 1760's and 1770's by: Tracy, Nicholas
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Navies, Deterrence, & American Independence - Britain and Seapower in the 1760's and 1770's
by: Tracy, Nicholas

Hardcover. Vancouver, UBC Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608921

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Navy of the American Revolution, The: Its Administration, Its Policy and Its Achievements by: Paullin, Charles Oscar

Navy of the American Revolution, The: Its Administration, Its Policy and Its Achievements
by: Paullin, Charles Oscar

Hardcover. Cleveland OH, Burrows Brothers, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 549 pages plus 19 page publisher's catalog in rear. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403671

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

New England Blockaded 1814: The Journal of Henry Edward Napier, Lieutenant in H.M.S. Nymphe by: Whitehill, Walter Muir
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New England Blockaded 1814: The Journal of Henry Edward Napier, Lieutenant in H.M.S. Nymphe
by: Whitehill, Walter Muir

Hardcover. Salem MA, Peabody Museum, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 88 pages, 8 b&w illustration, fold-out chart. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, dust jacket edgewear, small clear tape repair to top of spine. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 403538

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00