Lieut Colonel Sisson C Pratt (9 results)

Condition: New. vii+209pp.with 10 Maps 2019 N&MP Reprint of 1914 EditionPublished Price £14.50 Part of the acclaimed "Special Campaign" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous sketches. On 16 July 1870, the French parliament voted to declare war on Prussia and hostilities began three days later when French forces invaded German territory. The German coalition mobilised its troops much more quickly than the French and rapidly invaded north-eastern France. The German forces were superior in numbers, had better training and leadership and made more effective use of modern technology, particularly railroads and artillery.A series of swift Prussian and German victories in eastern France, culminating in the Siege of Metz and the Battle of Sedan, saw French Emperor Napoleon III captured and the army of the Second Empire decisively defeated.CONTENT:The War to 1870. - Weissenburg. - Woerth. - Spicheren. - Borny-Colombey. - Vionville-Mars-LA-Tour. - Gravelotte-St. Privat. - Chalons and Rheims. - Beaumont. - Sedan. - Metz. - Paris. - Maps:1. Position of Armies, July 30.2. Woerth. 3. Saabrucken and Spicheren. 4. German Advance from August 6th to 12th. 5. Position of First and Second German Armies on August 15. 6. Position of German Troops on August 17 and March to Attack on August 18. 7. Positions of August 25.8. The Battle of Sedan.9. The Theatre of War.10. The country Round Metz. Print size 21x29.7 cm to accommodate the oversized maps. Special Campaign Series. Book.…

Condition: Fair. 1896. 11th Edition. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Vol.V. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: acceptable/read description. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 292 pages. Ex-Library. Rather worn spine cloth - 2cm sq. area of cloth missing/frayed at head and base of spine (rough removal of labels?). Large library bookplate on end paper. Netting very slightly visible on front hinge but all very sound. A sound and usable slightly small size Ex-Library hardback. (Military Law. Its Procedure and Practice. Being the fifth volume of Military handbooks for officers and non-commissioned officers originally edited by Major-General Brackenbury - this is the 17th edition revised and corrected up to April 1908).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 19x13cm, 219pp, Bound in original publishers cloth, with red title lettering. Binding with shelf wear, scuffed corners, light dust dirk marking. Binding in good clean condition. Owners inscription on front page. Internally pages clean, very good. A very good clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Likely ex-military library - likely lighter use with corresponding military stamp. Likely condition is Fair-Good if not stated. All other info as listed. NB note this is a placeholder description and my entire list is being regularly updated with photographs and information. Please enquire for further details for this copy.…

Condition: New. SB vii+209pp.with 10 Maps 2019 N&MP Reprint of 1914 Edition Part of the acclaimed "Special Campaign" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous sketches. On 16 July 1870, the French parliament voted to declare war on Prussia and hostilities began three days later when French forces invaded German territory. The German coalition mobilised its troops much more quickly than the French and rapidly invaded north-eastern France. The German forces were superior in numbers, had better training and leadership and made more effective use of modern technology, particularly railroads and artillery.A series of swift Prussian and German victories in eastern France, culminating in the Siege of Metz and the Battle of Sedan, saw French Emperor Napoleon III captured and the army of the Second Empire decisively defeated.CONTENT:The War to 1870. - Weissenburg. - Woerth. - Spicheren. - Borny-Colombey. - Vionville-Mars-LA-Tour. - Gravelotte-St. Privat. - Chalons and Rheims. - Beaumont. - Sedan. - Metz. - Paris. - Maps:1. Position of Armies, July 30.2. Woerth. 3. Saabrucken and Spicheren. 4. German Advance from August 6th to 12th. 5. Position of First and Second German Armies on August 15. 6. Position of German Troops on August 17 and March to Attack on August 18. 7. Positions of August 25.8. The Battle of Sedan.9. The Theatre of War.10. The country Round Metz. Print size 21x29.7 cm to accommodate the oversized maps. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition of this revised edition, 1896. Frontispiece and 21 loose maps in a pocket at the end of the book. The book has the signature of G. H. Simpson, The Kings Regiment, Rangoon, inside the front of the book and a loosely inserted piece of headed notepaper for 1st Battn. The Kings Regiment on which he has written various orders by Rear Guard. the book also has some pencil lining and notes throughout, presumably by G. H. Simpson. Paper is slightly age toned. Publishers red cloth slightly wrinkled and generally darkened and marked. Still a good solid copy. Frontispiece and 21 loose maps in a pocket at the end. (illustrator).…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned. Missing map 15a, formations at Auerstadt; Hardback. Red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9¾" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (x) 287; 2nd (revised) edition, first published 1873. Includes: Deckled edges; Tables; Frontispiece map; List of sources; Maps in folder (21); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188483 ||. …

Original compiled in 1873 by Colonel Robert Home, and Revised and Rewritten by Lieut.-Colonel Sisson C. Pratt. Frontispiece, twenty-one plans in pocket at rear, ads to endpapers. Browning, rather strangely, especially to a gathering towards the middle, otherwise very good in the original red cloth, spine sunned. xiii, 285pp. H.M.S.O.. …