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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

1410    mAPS OF fIRST bULL rUN                                                                                 30.00
             GOTTFRIED, BRADLEY, M.  1ST. ED. 2009. SAVAS BEATIE LLC.  134 PP.
             ISBN 978-1-932714-60-9
ONE OF A SERIES OF OUTSTANDING VOLUMES DETAILING IMPORTANT BATTLES AND ENTIRE CAMPAIGNS COVERED IN AN ALMOST MINUTE BY MINUTE NARRATIVE.  EACH PAGE DETAILS THE UNITS INVOLVED, PERSONALITIES AND FIGHTING  OFTEN WITH eyeWITNESS ACCOUNTS.  EVERY OTHER PAGE HAS A FULL COLOUR MAP DETAILING THE DEPLOYMENT, CHANGES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.  A FULL ORDER OF BATTLE FOR BOTH ARMIES IS LISTED AT THE END OF THE VOLUME.   hARDBOUND WITH D/J.  MAPS THROUGHOUT.  lOWER EDGE OF BOOK HAS SOME WEAR AND SCUFFING.  vERY GOOD CONDITION.

1411     MAPS OF ANTIETAM                                                                                                        35.00
            GOTTFRIED, bRADLEY  M.  2012. SAVAS BEATIE LLC.  326 PP
             ISBN 978-1-611210-86-6.
ANOTHER VOLUME IN THE SAME SERIES DESCRIBED ABOVE.  THIS BOOK COVERS gENERAL lEE'S INVASION OF MARYLAND AND THEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY FROM SHARPSBURG AND THE ATTEMPT BY UNION GENERAL MCCLELLAN TO LAY SEIGE TO HARPER'S FERRY. THE RESULT OF THESE MOVEMENTS CULMINATES IN THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF ANY DAY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.  THE CAMPAIGN MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE CONFEDERACY.  EACH STAGE IS COVERED IN DETAIL WITH ORDERS, UNIT MOVEMENTS, COMBAT WITH EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.  A FULL COLOUR MAP ON EVERY SECOND PAGE.  ORDER OF BATTLE INCLUDED IN APPENDIX.  HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  EXCELLENT CONDITION.

1412     MAPS OF FREDERICKSBURG                                                                                           35.00
          GOTTFRIED, BRADLEY M. 1ST. ED.  2018.  331 PP.
          ISBN978-1-61121-371-3
AFTER LEE'S ARMY WAS FORCED OUT OF MARYLAND, PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS FRUSTRATED WITH UNION GENERAL MCCLELLAN's LACK OF PURSUIT OF LEE SO HE WAS REPLACED BY GENERAL BURNSIDE WHO WAS EXPECTED TO DESTROY LEE'S ARMY.  BURNSIDE CROSSED THE POTOMAC RIVER AND ATTACKED FREDEERICKBURG.  THE CROSSING WAS DELAYED BY CONFEDERATE SKIRMISHING ALLOWING lEE TO PREPARE.  WHAT FOLLOWED WAS BURNSIDE SENDING IN UNITS PIECEMEAL TO BE DESTROYED ONE AT A TIME RESULTING IN A STUNNING AND BLOODY DEFEAT FOR THE UNION.   tHE SAME FORMAT OF PAGE BY PAGE MAPS AND NARRATIVE DETAILING OF UNITS MOVING AND ENTERING BATTLE IS FOLLOWED HERE.  HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  EXCELLENT CONDITION.

1413    MAPS OF GETTYSBURG                                                                                                         40.00
            GOTTFRIED, MATTHEW M.  REPRINT 2021.  362 PP.
            ISBN978-1-932714-82-1
GETTYSBURG IS PROBABLY THE MOST WRITTEN ABOUT BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT IS STILL A DIFFICULT AND VERY COMPLEX BATTLE TO UNDERSTAND.  THIS VOLUME COVERS SOME NEW MATERIAL WITH A BREAKDOWN OF EVERY UNIT ENGAGED AND THE USUAL MAPS TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE INTENSE FIGHTING.  THE BOOK STILL FOLLOWS THE FORMAT IN ALL THE BOOKS IN THE SERIES.  THE READER CAN FOLLOW THE MOVEMENTS OF EACH ARMY WITH THE DETAILED MAPS AND NARRATIVE.  IN THE END, LEE WAS UNABLE TO DEFEAT MEADE AND THE UNION ARMY AND RETREATed BACK TO CONFEDERATE TERRITORY.  tHE CAMPAIGN WAS A STRATEGIC FAILURE AND MARKED THE HIGH WATER MARK OF THE CONFEDERACY AND DEFEAT WAS INEVITABLE.   HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  LOWER EDGE OF BOOK AND SPINE HAS SOME SCUFFS AND SOME PAGES SHOW EVIDENCE OF WATER EXPOSURE.  HOWEVER, IT'S MINOR EXPOSURE AND NO PAGES HAVE STUCK TOGETHER.  VERY gOOD CONDITION.  

napoleonic

234       THE GREAT DUKE                                                                        35.00
            BRYANT, ARTHUR.  WM. MORROW & CO.  1972. 492 PP.
A FULL HISTORY OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON BY A RENOWNED AUTHOR.  COVERS THE CAREER OF WELLESLEY FROM HIS EARLY BATTLES IN INDIA THROUGH his outstanding generalship in THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGNS defeating one French Marshal after another.  The story ends with his victory over napoleon at WATERLOO.  MANY ILLUSTRATIONS.  HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  EXCELLENT CONDITION.

233       NELSON AND THE HAMILTON’S                                                      25.00
             RUSSEL, JACK.  COPP CLARK.  1969, 371 PP.
AN INTERESTING VIEW OF NELSON AND HIS AFFAIR WITH LADY HAMILTON THAT WAS QUITE OPEN AND WELL KNOWN.  NELSON’S CAREER IS THE BACKDROP TO THEIR MEETINGS AND ONGOING COMMUNICATION UP TO HIS DEATH.   HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  A FEW MARKS ON D/J OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

other subjects

1132          armies of the raj                                                                                                         20.00
                  farwell, byron.  1st. ed. 1989.  viking press, 399 pp.
                  isbn 0-670-80991-8
a very comprehensive book covering all the military forces raised and controlled by the british in india from the mutiny to independence.  he outlines and explains the  'british' army in india as opposed to 'indian' units commanded by the british and independent levee's of princely states that are so often confused.   he describes how the often odd social and sporting arrangements that help maintain the loyalty between the british officers and the men they commanded. this was key to maintaining discipline right up to independence.  full of photos.  hardbound with d/j.  excellent condition.

084      UNIFORMS OF THE WORLD 1700-1937                                                          10.00
               KNOTEL, RICHARD, 1980. HERBERT & HERBERT SIEG. SCRIBNERS PUBLISHING. 198 pp.        
THIS IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE REPRINT OF THE FAMOUS GERMAN REFERENCE BOOK “HANDBUCH DER UNIFORMKUNDE”.  COVERS UNIFORMS OF MOST COUNTRIES UP TO 1937.  MANY B/W ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIFORMS AND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF COLOURS, PIPING, COCKADES, ETC.  A GREAT REFERENCE FOR understanding uniforms and for FIGURE MODELlERS.  HARDBOUND WITH D/J.  A ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY” WRITTEN IN PEN TO ORIGINAL OWNER ON FLYLEAF. EXCELLENT CONDITION.