John Brevet (23 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Few Observations on the Mode of Attack and Employment of the Heavy Artillery at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz in 1812 and St. Sebastian in 1813. Book.

Condition: New. 2004 N & M Press reprint of 1819 original Edition . SB. iv + 74pp +5 plates & tables.Published Price £11.50 The Peninsula War was notable for several sieges and stormings, most famously those of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Both these actions are discussed in this rare and concise book by an officer of the Royal Horse Artillery. May attributes the rapid fall of both fortresses to British artillery tactics, which carefully concentrated on battering a breach in the defences, and the superiority of British iron cannon to their brass equivalents. Illustrated by a plan of attack during an artillery siege, and tables showing the results of test comparisons between brass and iron ordnance.…

PF. Condition: New.

Octavo, softbound (stiff, illus. slick brown wrappers), xxx pp + 557 pp + 40 pp. Near Fine, with sunned spine. From lower cover: The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War, first published in 1848 just six years after the conflict ended, is an outstanding account of the Second Seminole War that lasted from 1835 to 1842. Nearly one hundred and fifty years after first publication, this book is still outstanding. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, Native American, Seminole, American History, United States History, U. S. History, Military History, Americana, U.S.-iana nslic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. With previous owner's name, a VG hardcover copy of the 1849 new edition in the embossed brown cloth binding that everyone used in the 1850's. 456 pages. Photos on request.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback; blemish to edge of pages, otherwise good in lightly creased card covers. POD reprint.; First published 1920. Includes 1914-1918 Roll of Honour. Illustrated.; 291 pages.

Trade Paperback (23cm X 16cm). Condition: Very Good. 291pp incl several b&w illustrations. Facsimile copy (date unstated). Originally published by Maclehose, Jackson & Co., Publishers to the University of Glasgow, in 1920.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dark brown cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt. a somewhat later edition, with "Advertisment To The New Edition" dated January 1849 on page 4. Two frontispiece portraits, one of Fremont and one of Col. J.J. Albert and two additional plates. 456 pp. A later printing of this edition (Howes F370 which lists editions through 1847), map not called for in this edition. There is a new preface and the aforementioned Advertisment to the New Ediiton as well as new material on the Califonia Gold Rush region. Very good, bit of shallow wear head of spine; there is a tear to page 203/204 with slight loss of text. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 92 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 92.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. No Edition Stated. Bottom rear spine edge has been chewed about 3-1/2", bottom corners of covers have small chips from being chewed, edges of covers rubbed w/small tears, top corners of covers mildly bumped, interior hinges cracking, several stamps inside front cover, little bit of blue pencil markings to text, pages lightly toning, spine toned, several pages have small chips along fore-edge; 3 illustrations by Day & Haghe; map is missing; 324 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Book has leather spine and boards are mottled colored. Cover is worn on all corners and edges. Pages have browned and have foxing. I have checked for missing pages ( 527-572 have been torn out ). Many of the pages have not been cut either on the top or the edge. I don't have a list of the maps or plates to check for them but there were no spots that I could tell whether something had been removed. If you have a list and are interested in the book. I will look for them ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 693 pages.…

First Edition. First edition. 8vo. xvi, iii, (1), 371 pp. Nine folding plates and maps; half-title. Jones served as brigade-major of engineers in the Peninsula during these campaigns. "In this work, [Jones] fearlessly exposed the deficiencies of the engineer service, which he attributed to the ignorance and military incapacity of the board of ordnance" (DNB). Bookplate of Sir Charles Wolseley (1769-1849; reform member of parliament during the 1810s and 1820s) on the front pastedown. Later black three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, endpapers, and edges, gilt title on spine; spine somewhat faded, but a very good copy. (11135).…

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. First British edition. 8vo. Pp. iv, 324. Frontis. etching "American Falls of Lewis Fork" with tissue guard. Illustrated with three additional etchings and a large fold-out engraved map tipped in to the first page inner margin. With Prefatory Notice and Table of Distances. Contemporary re-case in full calf, gilt titles on lettering piece between five raised bands, gilt tooled edges, marbled endpapers and leaf edges. Bookplate of John Waldie on the front pastedown and of Roger K. Larson on the free endpaper. Fold-out map with an expertly repaired long tear from the tipped-in margin. Manuscript ink annotation to the plate "Devil's Gate." Board edges and spine ends minimally rubbed. Else very crisp and bright in a solid binding. The four plates by William Day & Louis Haghe, and the map do not appear in any other edition of this work. "Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America [.]" was first published in Greenhow's History of Oregon and California in 1845.John Waldie (1781-1862) was the administrator of Hendersyde Park at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. SMITH: 3354. SABIN: 25841, WAGNER-CAMP 115-6; HOWES: F370. Robert Greenhow map (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Original binding, with brown leather spines and corners, brown marbled paper over boards. Page edges marbled, as well. Old bookplate on the inside front cover with coat of arms and the name "Blantyre." Blue rubberstamp on the second blank page from the Marine Corps Historical Library. A smaller stamp of theirs is on the top of the final page of the text and copyright page (where it is over-stamped "withdrawn.") The decorative goldwork on the spine is faded and the hinges are a bit weak and scuffed, but all still structural and intact. Maroon title label on the spine. It looks as though the hinged have been professionally repaired on the inside - invisible at the front and showing just a strip of repair paper at the rear. Binding good and tight. Text block complete. There are 8 large folding plates at the end, both maps and fortification diagrams. They are all in good shape, with only the modest toning from age that is expected. Book measures 5.25 x 8.75 inches. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Three-quarter leather over marbled paper; decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Collated and complete except for No. 17, Plate IV depicting fossil shells. Includes the large folded map, housed in a pocket on rear pastedown. Boards have moderate wear and scratching to spine and light wear to edges; previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and name written in ink on title page and on verso of large folded map; folded map has light foxing and a few closed tears at folds; "iltyd nicholl" rubber stamp on title page; text block has light to moderate foxing and toning. This report contains Fremont's first and second expeditions. Howes F-370. Wagner-Camp 115:1. ; B&W Plates and Maps ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 693 pp.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very Good tooled cloth with reinforced spine, 1845 large foldout map of Rocky mountain rivers in front pocket, two more large foldout maps tipped into text and numerous illustrations and charts of flora and fauna and other data. Interior pages foxed maps are intact and in very good condition, Sewn binding is tight, binding reinforced. …

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 92.

None. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 156 pages. Extracted from Pacific Railroad Surveys, Volume II, Section 4. Contains diary of expedition, February 12, 1854 through May 15, 1854. No covers. Very good. (071).

Rustica Editorial en cartón. XIX, 485 + II, 480p, 17 grabados plegados Ejemplar con todas sus barbas. 17 grabados con planos y fortificaciones de Ciudad Rodrigo, Burgos, Badajoz, Salamanca, Burgos y San Sebastián durante la Guerra de la Independencia. 23x14 cm.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Few Observations on the Mode of Attack and Employment of the Heavy Artillery at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz in 1812 and St. Sebastian in 1813 | John May Brevet (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2004 | Naval & Military Press | EAN 9781843429425 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…