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THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Originally the trade route with Mexico, this trail connecting Santa Fe with Missouri also served as the 1846 invasion route during the Mexican-American War, and then again as the major…
ADMIRAL RICHARD WAINWRIGHT AND THE UNITED STATES FLEET
Official Naval History Division biography. Wainwright served 1868-1911, fought in the Spanish-American War and was a central figure in revitalizing the fleet and the Naval Academy. A fine copy, issued…
BRASSHAT
A Biography of Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson 1864-1922
Boer War; Commandant, Camberley, senior WWI staff positions & Chief Imperial Gen. Staff, 2/18/18 to 1922. A very good copy, in dust jacket. Discreet bookshop sticker on front pastedown.
THE GREAT AND CLOSE SIEGE OF YORK, 1644
A detailed study of the siege, which directly caused the Battle of Marston Moor, which in turn lost King Charles I the north, and thus the English Civil War. A…
THE GREAT REBELLION: VOL. I
The King’s Peace, 1637-1641
The years immediately preceding the English Civil War, including two wars against Scottish Covenanters, and the usual Irish struggles. A very good copy, spine a bit faded, corners bumped, without…
MISSING FROM THE RECORD
Canadian colonel, OBE, fine war record, Canadian PR for Monty. A very good copy, without dust jacket. Front hinge beginning to give. (227pgs.)
DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Personal Experiences of the Late War
By the son of Zachary, brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and the last Confederate commander east of the Mississippi to surrender. A classic Civil War memoir, originally published in 1879. A…
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
The Northern Hurricane
King of Sweden, 1611-32. Brilliant general and Protestant champion in the Thirty Years War. By a noted British military history writer. A very good copy, front cover & spine lightly…
KENTUCKY CAVALIERS IN DIXIE
The Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman
Engaging, alternately serious and humorous memoir of the 4th Kentucky Cavalry. Reprint of the 1895 edition; a scarce special edition for the Civil War Book Club, signed by the editor…
RUSTICS IN REBELLION: A Yankee Reporter on the Road to Richmond, 1861-1865
-Signed and Inscribed Reissue-
…reporter when the Civil War began, Townsend later became one of the most popular journalists in the country. This book was first published in 1866 as Campaigns of a Non-Combatant….
AN ECHO OF TRUMPETS
Autobiography of Sunday Times reporter and noted author: Gran Chaco War,WWII & Korea. A very good copy, in dust jacket.
JEB STUART
This is a very good copy of the 1958 reprint of this Civil War classic in an unclipped dust jacket. There is a closed 1/4-inch tear at the head of…