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THE ATTIC MILITARY BOOKS
HISTORY 2 February 2011 |
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Historical periods below are in alphabetical order
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1862 to 1865 |
THE SIGEL REGIMENT, A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865. James S. Pula, Savas Publishing Company, Campbell, California, 1998. Summarizes the history of the regiment from letters, diaries, and other main sources. Hardbound, first hardcover edition, 483 pages, 48 photos and illustrations. ISBN 1 882810 20 1. |
$21.00 |
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1862 to 1864 |
IRISH Green & Union Blue, Diary from a member of the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. (American Civil War) Edited by Lawrence Frederick Kohl with Margaret Cossé Richard, Fordham University Press, New York, 1986. The Civil War letters of Peter Welsh, an Irish soldier in the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, part of Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish Brigade, Army of the Potomac. Hardbound, 170 pages, 16 pages of black & white photos and illustrations. ISBN 0-8232-1163-0 |
$14.00 |
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ARW |
THE HISTORY OF WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. George C. Neumann, Bonanza Books, New York, 1967. Complete history and survey of the weapons both firearms and edged used during the course of the American Revolutionary War (1775-81). Hardbound, 373 pages, hundreds of b & w photos of the weapons, including additional illustrations of lock plate detail, some uniforms. Used, very good condition, ISBN 0517178060. |
$8.00 |
ANCIENTS: Earliest Times to 452AD
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ANC |
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR 431 - 404 BC. Osprey Essential Histories Series, Philip de Souza, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2002. The basic history of Sparta versus Athens. Softbound, excellent like-new condition, 95 pp, 12 color photos, 7 color maps, 1 color schematic, 1 b & w trireme drawing, and additional b&w photos and illustrations. ISBN 1-84176-357-8 |
$9.00 |
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ANC |
WARFARE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. Edited by General Sir John Hackett, illustrated by Peter Connolly, Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1989. Eleven essays on the Ancients and warfare by noted authors Watkins, Wiseman, Lazenby, Sekunda, Devine, Connolly, Keppie, Dobson, and Tomlin. Spans the period from ancient beginnings to the Late-Roman Empire. Hardcover, dust jacket very good condition, overall excellent like-new condition, 256 pages, maps, charts, military formations, good text. ISBN 0-8160-2459-6 |
$35.00 |
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ANC | THE MAKING OF THE ROMAN ARMY FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE. Laurence Keppie, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1984. From a small citizen militia in the area of the town of Rome to the efficient large Imperial Army that was stretched to its limits. Surveys the military history of Rome and how the army grew to meet the demands of empire. Hardcover, very good condition, 269 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, charts, and good appendix including glossary. ISBN 1-56619-359-1 | $7.00 |
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ANC | WARRIORS OF ROME, An Illustrated History of the Roman Legions. Michael Simkins, illustrated by James Field, Blandford Press, New York 1988. Hardbound, excellent like-new condition, 160 pages, hundreds of photos, 20 color plates, hundred of photos. ISBN 0-7137-2001-8 | $18.00 |
ASIAN WARFARE - From Earliest Times to 1913
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CHINA |
A CONCISE HISTORY OF CHINA. J. A. G. Roberts, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999. Complete but concise from earliest times to about 1992. Softbound, 317 pages, 10 maps. Slightly used, very good condition, ISBN 0 674 00075 7. |
$8.00 |
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1759 |
quebec 1759. Osprey Campaign Series, Stuart Reid, illustrated by Gerry Embleton, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2003. The battle that won Canada for Britain in the French & Indian War in 1759. Softbound, excellent mint condition, 96 pp, 9 color photos, 5 color maps, 15 other color images (all regimental flags except one), 3 color "bird's eye" battle images, 3 2-page color art renderings by Gerry Embleton, 2 other b&w maps, plus over 100 other b&w images. ISBN 1-85532-605-1 |
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Early 18th Century | MARLBOROUGH AS MILITARY COMMANDER. David Chandler, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1973. Certainly one of the great "captains" of military history, and, to David Chandler, the greatest British military commander, a deep study, and one that examines this often overlooked period of early musketry, plug bayonets, the emergence of mobile field artillery, and , of course, fortifications and siege work. Hardbound, in very good condition, 368 pages, illustrated with maps, charts, and photos. No ISBN |
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Early 18th Century | WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT OF THE MARLBOROUGH WARS. Anthony Kemp with line drawings by John Mollo, Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset, UK, 1980. This book describes and illustrates the implements of war that fought the Marlborough battles of the early 18th Century. Well illustrated with line drawings and diagrams. Hardbound, excellent, 172 pages. ISBN 0-7137-1013-6 |
$19.00 |
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The '45 | LIKE HUNGRY WOLVES - CULLODEN MOOR 16 APRIL 1746. Stuart Reid with color plates by Gerry Embleton, Windrow & Greene, London, 1994. The complete history of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion's culminating battle at Culloden Moor and major events leading up to it. Well illustrated with b & w photos, maps, and gorgeous color plates. Hardbound, large format 9-1/2" wide x 12-1/2" high, excellent to near mint condition, dust jacket excellent condition, 128 pages. ISBN 1 85915 080 2 | $98.00 |
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1642-44 | THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR RECREATED IN COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, Europa Militaria Special No. 4. Chris Honeywell & Gill Spear, Windrow & Greene, Londo UK 1993. Well illustrated mostly with reenactor photos. Softbound, 96 pages. ISBN 0-872004-54-7 | $15.00 |
FORTIFICATIONS (OSPREY FORTRESS SERIES)
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WW2 |
U-BOAT BASES AND BUNKERS 1941-45, Fortress Series No. 3. Gordon Williamson, Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2003. Softbound, 64 pages, 100+ photos and illustrations, very good to near mint condition. ISBN 1-84176-556-2. |
$12.00 |
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1530-1945 |
THE FORTIFICATIONS OF MALTA 1530-1945, Fortress Series No. 16. Charles Stephenson, Osprey Publications, Oxford UK, 2004. Softbound, 64 pages, 100+ photos and illustrations. Very good to near mint condition. ISBN 1-18476-693-3 |
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1535-1763 |
FRENCH FORTRESSES IN NORTH AMERICA 1535-1763, Fortress Series No. 27. Rene Chartrand, Osprey Publications, Oxford UK, 2005. Softbound, 64 pages, 100+ photos and illustrations. Very good to near mint condition. ISBN 1-18476-714-X
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KNIGHTS |
The Teutonic Knights. Henryk Sienkiewicz, translated by Alicia Tyszkiewicz, Hippocrene Books, New York, 1993. An epic medieval novel by the 1905 Nobel Prize winner that tells the story of the rise of Poland and Lithuania and their combined overthrow of the Teutonic Order. Hardbound, good condition including dust jacket, 786 pages, no illustrations. ISBN 0-7818-0121-4 |
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KNIGHTS |
The Teutonic Knights. William Urban, Greenhill Books, London, UK, 2003. A relatively new history of the Teutonic Military Order, German Crusaders who influenced history to the ultimate destruction of the order itself. It is a well-written "rise and fall" account. Hardbound, good condition including dust jacket, 290 pages, 18 illustrations, several maps. ISBN 1-85367-535-0 |
$17.00 |
MODERN TIMES: From 1946 to Present Day
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KOREAN WAR |
ON TO THE YALU. Edwin P. Hoyt, Stein and Day Publishers, New York, 1984. Story of the Korean War from Inchon to the Yalu River. A good, well told account of the major events leading up to MacArthur's defiance - the bombing of the Yalu River bridges. Hardbound, a book club printing, dust cover good only slightly worn, 303 pages, 16 pages of photos. ISBN 1-85367-130-4 |
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USMC |
MARINES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1916-1924. Captain Stephen M. Fuller, USMCR and Graham A. Cosmas, History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., 1974. This pamphlet covers a little known corner os U. S. Marine Corps history in the Caribbean. In printed manuscript style supplemented by photos, maps, tables, charts, and lots of footnotes. Soft, stiff paper cover, in good condition, 109 pages. No ISBN |
$5.00 |
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1809 |
WITH EAGLES TO GLORY. John H. Gill, Greenhill Books, London, First Printing, 1992. Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign. Extensive historical text, footnotes, bibliography, 50 maps, 41 tables, 16 pages of photos of contemporary art, chronology, and glossary. Hardbound, dust cover excellent condition with no marks or tears, 534 pages, in excellent condition, ISBN 1-85367-130-4. |
$55.00 |
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1812 |
Napoleon's Russian Campaign. Phillipe-Paul de Ségur, translated from the French by J. David Townsend, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, reprinted 1980. As the title suggests, a brief summary of Napoleon's disastrous adventure in Russia in 1812 from Ségur's French historical perspective (he was an ADC on Napoleon's staff). Hardbound, 295 pages, no illustrations, in very good condition with slight wear. No ISBN |
$9.00 |
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NAP |
The Campaigns of Napoleon - The Mind and Method of History's Greatest Soldier. David G. Chandler, MacMillan Publishing Co, New York, 1966 (1st Edition). Hardbound, excellent condition, 1172 pp, dust jacket in good condition with tear at top of back cover, 77 maps, 50 illustrations b&w. A complete and modern history of Napoleon from L'Ecole Militaire to St. Helena. ISBN 0-02-523660-1 |
$45.00 |
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FRENCH MARSHALS |
Napoleon's Marshals. R. F. Delderfield, Stein & Day Publishers, New York, 1966. A narrative account of the Napoleonic Wars featuring Napoleon's Marshal's. Softbound, 240 pages. ISBN 0-8128-6055-1 |
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1813, 1814, 1815 |
Napoleon - The Last CampaignS 1813-15. James Lawford, Crown Publishers, New York, 1979. Napoleon's war of survival after Moscow: his victories, defeats, and final overthrow on the field of Waterloo. Hardbound, dust jacket worn, large format size, some color but most illustrations and maps in black & white, 160 pages. ISBN 0-517-52634-4 |
$22.00 |
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PENINSULA |
Fields of Fire: Battlefields of the Peninsular War. Ian Fletcher with photographs by Andy Cook, Sarpedon, New York, 1994.Hardbound, excellent condition, dust jacket okay, many illustrations, a few maps, and great photographs, 1746pp. A small book in two parts. Part one reviews Wellington's Peninsular campaign and part two reviews key battles with references to color photos of the scene. ISBN 1-885119-01-1 |
$23.00 |
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1807, 1809, 1815 |
Three Napoleonic Battles. Harold Parker, Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1983. Friedland, Aspern-Essling, and Waterloo. Well-written perspective on three important Napoleonic battles. Good read. Softbound, 235 pages. $10.00. ISBN 0-8223-0547-x |
$15.00 |
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RUSSIA |
With Napoleon in Russia. The Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza, from the original memoirs as edited by Jean Hanoteau, William Morrow & Company, New York, 1935. Caulaincourt was made aide-de-camp to Napoleon in 1802, General de Brigade in 1803, and general of division by 1805. All of his duties were associated with the Emperor's Household so his memoirs of the Russian Campaign of 1812 are of great interest. Hardbound, no dust jacket, in worn but good shape, 422 pages. No ISBN |
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NAP |
The Life and Times of Napoleon. Paul Hamlyn, Hamlyn Publishing Group, Feltham, Middlesex, revised edition, 1968. Translation by Arnoldo Mondadori. From the "Portraits of Greatness" series, a colorful survey of "the monster", Napoleon, from his early career to demise. Hardbound, large format book, dust jacket in fairly good shape, lots of color images, some black & white, 75 pages. No ISBN |
$17.00 |
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NAP and La GARDE |
THE ANATOMY OF GLORY. Adapted from the French of Commandant Henry Lachouque by Anne S. K. Brown with a new introduction by David G. Chandler, Arms and Armour Press, London, UK, 1978. This is about Napoleon and his Guard, the famous Garde Imperiale which he built to a rather huge size most of which accompanied him on his historic march through military history and culminating in the Garde's destruction at Waterloo. Hardbound, dust jacket in good shape, 173 color and b&w plates, 16 maps, 564 pages. ISBN 0-85368-401-4 |
$79.00 |
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MARENGO 1800 |
MARENGO 1800 - Napoleon's day of fate. David Hollins, Osprey Campaign Series #70, Osprey Publications, 2000. Napoleon's Army of the Reserve was moving to relieve Genoa, then besieged by the Austrian commander, General Melas. In a daring surprise attack, Melas turned the tables on Napoleon driving him dangerously to near-defeat. One of Napoleon's great moments was at hand. Softbound, 112 pages, hundreds of illustrations including maps. ISBN 1-85532-965-4. |
$12.00 |
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WW2 | Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco in World War II (PHAATG). Brian B. Chin, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana, 1994. Softbound, size 8-½ x 11, very good condition, 170 pages, over 150 b&w photos and several illustrations. Survey of the emplacements and guns that defended "The City by the Bay". Includes early 20th Century history leading up to World War II and then examines in detail the system of defenses as they were built. ISBN 0-929521-85-4 |
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WW2 | Enemy on Island. Issue in Doubt: The Capture of Wake Island December 1941. Stan Cohen, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana, 1983. Softbound, size 8- ½ x 11, very good condition, 106 pages, over 150 b&w photos, illustrations, and maps. Excellent survey of exactly what happened to Wake Island in the early hours of World War II. Combines good text with illustrations to show the defensive preparations, the defense, and the subsequent fall of Wake Island. Photos are especially illuminating. ISBN 0-933126-39-5 |
$19.00 |
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