19th Century

Brininstool, E. A. - Troopers with Custer, Historic Incidents of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.  op, 1st Ed., Bonaza revised and expanded Ed., 8vo, dj, 343 pages, photos, illustrations. vg/g.  dj has small front and apine chips and 2 square inch chip out top edge of back.  $35.00

Castle, Ian & Ian Knight - Fearful Hard Times, The Siege and Relief of Eshowe, 1879.  op, 1994, 1st Ed., Greenhill, 8vo, dj, 256 pages, illustrations, maps, photos, tables, line drawings, glossary.  vg/vg.  Great detail on an often ignored action of the Zulu War.   $28

Churchill, Winston S. - Frontiers and Wars.  op, 1990, Konecky & Konecky, 8vo, dj, 567 pages, maps. vg/vg.  This volume provides an excellent and thoughtful abridgement of his first 4 books - Malakand Field Force, The River War, London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton's March.   $25

Cooling, Benjamin Franklin - Gray Steel and Blue Water Navy, The Formative Years of America's Military-Industrial Complex 1881-1917.  op, 1979, 1st Ed., Archon, 8vo, dj, 286 pages, tables. vg/g.  dj is slightly soiled with two inch top edge neat tear on back. Great Detail.   $20

Doyle, Arthur Conan - The Great Boer War. op, 1902, 1st Revised and Expanded Ed., no dj issued, 8vo, 446 pages, two large rear pocket color maps plus small color pocket map of South Africa not issued with the book prepared by the Walworth manufacturing Co., Boston.  vg.  The issued maps have had all folds reinforced with archival cloth tape to permit use without tearing.  This Edition is called the Final Edition.   $150  

Edgerton, Robert B. - Like Lions They Fought, The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa.  op, 1988, 1st Ed., Free Press, 8vo, dj, 244 maps, photos, maps.  vg/vg.  minor  top and fore edge soiling, minor discoloration of end papers.   $18

Freidel, Frank - The Splendid Little War.  op, 1958, Bramhall House, 4to, dj, 314 pages, photos, maps. vg/g.  dj has minor edge cips and minor soiling, ep papers slighly brown (held newspapers?). The Spanish American War. $20

Hamilton, Colonel Henry Blackburne - Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars, 1715-1900.  op, 1997 reprint of 1901 Ed., Schiffer, 4to, dj, 632 pages, illustrations, full page color plates, maps, tables.  vg/vg .   $55

Knox, Thomas W. - Decisive Battles since Waterloo, The Most Important Military Events from 1815 to 1887.  op, 1888, 1st Ed., Putnam, 8vo, no dj issued, decorative gilt on red cloth, 489 pages, maps and plans.  g. Ex Lib. Spotting on cover with end papers marred by removal of library emblem and card pocket, contents g to vg.   $60  

Lynch, John - The Spanish-American Revolutions, 1808-1826.  op, 1973, 1st Ed., Norton, 8vo, dj, maps.  vg/g.  Minor fore edge soiling, tap on bottom front of dj, front inside ep clipped.   $16

MacLaren, Roy - Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898, Being the Adventures of the Voyageurs on the Khartoum Relief Expedition and Other Exploits.  op, 1978, Univerisity of British Columbia Press, 8vo, dj, 184 pages, illustrations, photos, maps.  vg/vg.  $32

Maclay, Edgar Stanton - A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1901.  Three Volumes, op, 1901, New and Enlarged Edition, D. Appleton, 8vo, no dj issued, gilt and copper on blue cloth, 660, 559 and 499 pages, maps, illustrations, photos, tables.  vg.  some minor rubbing to copper cover illustrations, otherwise bright clean set.  $150

Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von - TWO BOOKS in One - Strategy; Its Theory and Applications: The Wars for German Unification, 1866-1871 & Moltke's Correspondence During the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria.  op, 1971, Greenwood, 8vo, no dj issued, gilt West Point emblem on gray cloth, 74 pages and 229 pages, fold-out maps, tables.  vg.  A true modern military classic with hard to find information.   $125  

Roosevelt, Theodore - The Rough Riders.  op, 1971 reprint of 1899 Ed., Corner House, maps, photos, illustrations.  vg/vg.  Foxing of endpapers only, otherwise clean. First person account of the Roosevelt cavalry.   $95  

St Leger, Stratford - Mounted Infantry at War.  op, 1986 reprint of 1903 Ed., Galago, 8vo, dj, illustrations, line drawings, color plates.  vg/vg.  An excellent first person account of mobile fire power in the Boer War.   $38

Steevens, G.W. - With Kitchener to Khartoum.  op, 1990 reprint of 1898 Ed., Greenhill, 8vo, dj, 326 pages, maps, b/w plates.  vg/vg.   14-year north African campaign following death of Gordon.   $28

Utley, Robert M. - Custer and the Great Controversy. op, 1980, 2nd Ed., Westernlore, 8vo, dj, 184 pages, photos, maps, illustrations, ep maps.  vg/vg.  A wonderful analysis by a true expert.   $30

Verrier, Anthony - Francis Younghusband and the Great Game.  op, 1991, 1st Ed., Jonathan Cape, 8vo, dj, 238 pages, illustrations, photos.  vg/vg.  Outstanding account of British 19th C conflict with Russia in the back waters of the Empire.  $28.

War Office - Clothing Regulations, 1894.  1987 reprint of 1894 Ed., Ray Westlake, Pub., op, 8vo, dj, 273 pages, tables.  vg/vg.  great detail on British Army late 19thC uniforms.   $25