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ROBINSON, Charles N. (Editor).
Navy & Army Illustrated A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire. Vol. II.
London: Hudson & Kearns & George Newnes, Limited, [1896]..
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 320. 1 colour portrait & numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth, gilt edges (extremities bit frayed, some foxing to title & index).
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ROBINSON, Charles N. (Editor).
Navy & Army Illustrated A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire. Vol. III.
London: Hudson & Kearns & George Newnes, Limited, [1897]..
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 356. 1 colour portrait & numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth, gilt edges (extremities bit frayed, some foxing to title & index).
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[ROBSON, William] [1895-1863].
The Great Sieges Of History, A New Edition, Including The Siege Of Paris.
London & New York: George Routledge And Sons, [c1872]..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 742. 7 chromolithographed plates (incl. frontis.). contemporary half chagrin, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed, dampstain to outer margin of frontis., blank corner of one leaf torn away).
$100 USD Book Number: elala3174 Order / Enquire
ROLT, [John].
Rolt On Moral Command.
London: W.Clowes & Sons, 1842..
12mo. pp. xxiv, 190, [1]. with half-title. original cloth (covers spotted, occasional foxing & marginal soiling). Inscribed by the Author. Third Edition. A former commanding officer of the Queen's Regiment, the author comments on the military duties of all ranks and recommends several measures, including hair gloves and soldier's ovens.
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ROLT, Richard [1725?-1770].
Memoirs Of The Life Of the late Right Honourable John Lindesay of Glenesk; And Lord Lindesay of the Byers. One of the Sixteen Peers for Scotland; Lieutenant-General of His Majesty's Forces; And Colonel of the Royal North British Grey Dragoons.
London: Printed for Henry Köpp, And Sold by Mr. Newbery, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Paterson, 1753.
4to. pp. 1 p.l., [10]list of subscribers, [40], 432, [11]appendix, [1]blank, [2]errata & ads. engraved frontis. portrait & 5 folding engraved plans. 2 engraved headpieces (coats of arms). modern quarter calf (2 plans with neatly repaired tears - no loss, light dampstain to 1 plan). First Edition of this biography of military commander John Lindsay, twentieth Earl of Crawford [1702-1749]. In 1735 he received permission to join the imperial army under Prince Eugéne, distinguishing himself in particular at the battle of Claussen. In April of 1738 he travelled to St. Petersburg, having received from the Czarina Anne Iwanowa the command of a regiment of horse with the rank of general, and joined the army of Marshal Munich, then engaged in a war against the Turks. "He soon acquired great proficiency in the mode of warfare practised by the Russians, and excited special admiration by his horsemanship and his prowess with the sword. After the retreat of Munich to Kiow, Crawford left him and joined the imperialists near Belgrade.In April he rejoined the imperialists at Peterwaradin under Marshal Wallis. At the battle of Krotzka, 22 July, 1739, he was so severely wounded by a musket ball in the left thigh, that for some time his life was despaired of, and his health was permanently injured.". (DCB) He later served under the Earl of Stair at Hoschstet, and commanded the brigade of life guards at Dettingen. With the rank of brigadier-general he joined the allied army near Brussels in May of 1744, and fought at the battle of Fontenoy in April of 1745. The following May he was made a major-general, and on the outbreak of the rebellion in Scotland, he was appointed by the government to command six thousand Hessian troops, with whom he secured the towns of Perth and Stirling, and the passes into the lowlands. He subsequently served for a brief period in the Netherlands.
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ROSA, José Antonio Da.
Compendio Das Minas, Dedicado Ao Serenissimo Senhor D. Joaõ, Principe Do Brazil.Segunda Impressaõ.
Lisbon: Joaõ Antonio Da Silva, 1794..
small 4to. pp. 3 p.l., 268, [5]. 22 folding engraved plates (7 of tables). engraved title vignette, headpiece, & initial. original wrs. (spine quite chipped, a few tiny wormholes in spine, lower cover & last few plates, & upper inner margins of several gatherings). Second Edition of this military handbook on mines. The author, an officer in the Portuguese army and instructor at the Royal Military Academy, discusses several previous writers on the subject, including Belidor.
$461 USD Book Number: MSAmpROS22 Order / Enquire
ROSEBERY, [Archibald Philip PRIMROSE, Fifth Earl of].
Napoléon La Dernière Phase Ouvrage Traduit De L'Anglais Avec L'Autorisation De L'Auteur Par Augustin Filon.
Paris: Librairie Hachette Et Cie., 1901..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., xii, 328, [1 leaf], 4(ads), [1 leaf]. contemporary quarter sheep (edges worn). First Edition of the French Translation.
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ROSS, Andrew.
Old Scottish Regimental Colours.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, 1885..
folio. pp. viii, [2], 158. 30 plates (incl. frontis., 1 tinted lithograph & 28 chromolithographs). 3 text illus. A very good untrimmed copy in original blind-stamped cloth (light soiling to cloth). First Edition. The chromolithographs depict colours for the 1st Royal Scots Greys, 25th King's Own Borderers, 26th Cameronians, 42d Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch), 71st Highland Light Infantry, 72d Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, 73d Perthshire, 74th Highlanders, 76th Stirlingshire, 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, &c.
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SAINT-PRIEST, [Alexis De Guignard, Comte[ De [1805-1851].
Histoire De La Conquête De Naples Par Charles D'Anjou Frère De Saint Louis.
Paris: Amyot, [1847]..
4 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., vii, 386, [1 leaf]errata; 2 p.l., 378, [1 leaf]errata; 2 p.l., 407, [1]errata; 2 p.l., 342, [1 leaf]errata. with half-titles. contemporary quarter chagrin, gilt backs (spines spotted & rubbed, some light foxing throughout). armorial bookplate of Baron A. De Toulouzette. First Edition.
$410 USD Book Number: MINstSAI32 Order / Enquire
[SALDERN, Friedrich Christoph Von] [1719-1785].
Tactik der Infanterie die Feldverhaltungen der Convoys, (et)c. und ein Unterricht von der Wahl der Positionen und Dispositionen.
Dresden: In der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung, 1784..
8vo. pp. 8 p.l., 166, [6]. engraved title vignette & 30 folding engraved plans. contemporary bds. (rubbed). First Edition. A well-illustrated manual on infantry tactics by a Prussian general and skilful tactician who served in the Seven Years' War.
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SARRAZIN, [Jean].
History Of The War In Spain And Portugal, From 1807 To 1814.
London: Printed For Henry Colburn.Sold By Bell And Bradfute, Edinburgh, And John Cumming, Dublin, 1815..
8vo. pp. xvi, [17]-375. large folding engraved map (frontis.). new half calf over contemporary marbled bds., endleaves retained (some foxing to map & first few leaves). armorial bookplate of John Drummond. First Edition of the English Translation. Sarrazin served in the French army and was Chief of Staff of Napoleon's Swedish Corps, but in 1810 he went over to the Allies. In the preface he remarks that "the pecular circumstances, in which [he has] been placed, enabled [him] to consult both English and French general officers, who served in Spain; and to correct many errors of the official reports." Appended to the narrative is a biographical memoir of the French Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, one of the four Generals of the Imperial Guard, who had the chief command of the French troops in Andalusia, pp. [345]-375.
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SAXE, Maurice, Comte de [1696-1750].
Les Rêveries Ou Mémoires Sur L'Art de la Guerre.
The Hague: Pierre Gosse Junior, 1756..
folio. pp. xii, 228, [4]incl. errata. title in red & black. 40 engraved plates (many folding). engraved title vignette & 43 engraved head & tail pieces. woodcut initials. contemporary calf (worn & damaged but solid, upper outer portion of title lacking with loss of few letters of title, marginal defect to one other leaf). gilt stamp on upper cover of the École Royale d'Artillerie de Marine. First Edition of this classic and influential treatise on the art of war by the Comte de Saxe, one of the most famous generals of the eighteenth century, Marshal of France and son of King Frederick Augustus I of Poland. Edited by Captaine de Bonneville, Saxe's Rêveries provides a detailed discussion of the rules and principles of war, including chapters on strategy, manoeuvres, cavalry, artillery, discipline, &c. The Réflexions Sur La Propagation De L'Espèce Humaine forms the last chapter of the work. cfBrunet V 174. cfSpaulding & Karpinski 268. cfGraesse VI 286. cfRosenwald 1730. cfCohen-De Ricci 942-43.
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SCOULLER, Major R.E.
The Armies Of Queen Anne.
Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1966..
8vo. pp. xv, 420. folding table. biblio. index. cloth. Very good. Dw. (spine faded, short tears to lower edges). First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: dola991 Order / Enquire
SÉGUR, [Louis Philippe], Comte De [1753-1830].
Mémoires Ou Souvenirs Et Anecdotes.
Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1825-26..
3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 16(ads), 2 p.l., 488; 2 p.l., 438; 2 p.l., 601, [2 leaves]errata. 3 engraved frontis. (include. 2 portraits), 1 folding engraved map, & 2-page autograph facsimile. Uncut in original bds. (joints & spine ends chipped, several corners damaged, scattered light foxing, Vol. III shaken). Second Edition. Of particular interest are the sections of the memoirs relating to Ségur's service in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel under Rochambeau, and his appointment, 1784-89, as minister plenipotentiary to the court of Catherine II at St. Petersburg, where he concluded a commercial treaty (1787) that was extremely advantageous to France. Sabin 71985 (mentioning only 1 portrait & facsimile in 3rd Edn.). cfMartin & Walter 3148 (3rd Edn.).
$359 USD Book Number: MGUmoSÉG83 Order / Enquire
SELKIRK, [Thomas DOUGLAS, fifth] Earl of [1771-1820].
On the Necessity of A More Effectual System Of National Defence, And The Means Of Establishing The Permanent Security Of The Kingdom.
London: Printed By Richard Taylor And Co., For J.Hachard, And A.Constable And Co., Edinburgh, 1808..
8vo. pp. vi, [1 leaf], 179. with half-title. disbound. Inscribed from the Author. First Edition. Selkirk's essay, in which he advocated the encouragement of the volunteer establishment in addition to a new local militia, excited great popular interest at the time, and was considered to be of sufficient import to merit republishing, in 1860, by Sir John Wedderburn. Casey I 914. Goldsmiths' 19760.
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