Ward Sgp (78 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. S6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), wrinkling, chipping, peeling, rubbing, crease, lightly cocked, discoloration, and shelf wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Condition: New. Hardback, 240 pagesPublished Price £19.99 Wellington s Headquarters is an essential introduction to the administration of the British army in the early nineteenth century. It offers a fascinating insight into the structure and operation of the Duke of Wellington s command during the Peninsular War. Wardâs classic study, first published over sixty years ago, describes the complicated tangle of departments that administered the army, departments which had grown up haphazard and survived virtually unchanged until the time of the Crimean War. Wellington adapted the existing system in order to turn it into an efficient instrument in the war against Napoleon, despite clashes of responsibility and personality that frustrated him and impaired the armyâs performance on campaign. Chapters cover peacetime and wartime administration, the relationships of the staff officers, the supply and maintenance of the army in the Peninsula, the gathering and interpretation of intelligence, the organisation of the army on the march and the sometimes tense relations between Wellington and his subordinates. The study raises the quartermaster general s department to its proper position, and discusses Wellington s attitude to the chief of staff system which was then favoured on the continent. The result of this lucid and absorbing survey is an enhanced understanding of the system that had evolved to administer the British army two hundred years ago.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket has edge wear with some chipping and corner wear. There is staining and soiling. Endpages are also stained. ; Illustrations & Maps.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, grey cloth lettered gilt to spine, lacking dust wrapper else a very good tightly bound copy, initials of a previous owner to front pastedown, the text is clean and unmarked, b&w plates, 152pp.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, grey cloth lettered gilt to spine, lacking dust wrapper, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, maps, b&w illustrations, 152pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ex-lib w/usual markings, VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, several pages have underlining in lightest pencil, most text CLEAN. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Acknowledgment page is loose. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Brief biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Includes 3*maps and 23*b/w illustrations. 152pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Paperback, some rubbing to edges of wraps and some light creasing. No inscriptions, illustrated. Clean copy internally with little reading wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A brief biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Includes 24*b/w illustrations and 3*maps. 152pp. Edges of DJ heavily rubbed with chips to corners and loss to head and foot of spine DJ. DJ price-clipped. Pencilled notes to rear pastedown. Green cloth boards. Rear board and spine sunned.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Date unknown. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, burgundy cloth lettered gilt tot he spine, no jacket. Army Dept ex-library copy with two stamps, some marginal pencil marks in a light and easily erasable hand, fold out map to the rear. viii + 219pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A concisem fascinating biography of one of Britain's greatest military geniuses, his victories spanning across British Imperial India and against Napoleon at Waterloo, as well as a great political leader, a Prime Minister whose advice and guidance was much sought after. Ex-lib with the usual markings. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, illlustrations, maps, bibliographical note, indexed, 152pp. A very good reading and working copy, the jacket taped into a plastic protector. Rare, especially in this edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 152p. Photos. Fine/Very Good copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Letters of Captain R.B.Hawley, 89th from the Crimea, December 1854 to August 1856. Published for the Socirty for Army Historical Research. 115pp., ills., folding map. Very well produced. Vgc in original green cloth, gilt, no dw.

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (of original 1963 pub). SB. xx + 574pp with 54 maps & one colour plate. The Durham Light Infantry is deservedly celebrated as one of the most distinguished regiments in the British Army, and this history does full justice to their long, honourable and action-packed story, from their 18th century origins down to their participation in the Korean War in the early 1950s. The regiment arose from various militias and volunteer units recruited in the Durham area in the mid-18th century. Its first service came in the Seven Yearsâ War with France, and it was stationed in the West Indies for much of the later yearsâ of the century.In the Napoleonic Wars, the DLI took part in the Walcheren expedition and the Peninsular War where its battle honours included Salamanca, Vitoria, the Nivelle and Orthez. In the mid-19th century, the DLI saw combat in the Crtmea at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman and the siege of Sebastopol. After serrvice in Burma, it was stationed in India and participated in many campaigns - including the Indian Mutiny - and also took part in the Maori Wars in New Zealand of the 1860s. The DLI was in the Sudan in the 1880s and the Boer War of 1899-1902. In the Great War it formed part of the BEF from the outset, fighting on the Aisne in September 1914 and in 1915 at the second battle of Ypres and Loos. It fought through the Somme offensive in 1916, where its battle honours included Bazentin, Pozieres, Delville Wood, Flers, Courcelette, Morval, Lesboefs and Gueuducourt. In 1917 it fought at Arrras and the Scarpe; and at Messines, Passchendaele and Cambrai. In 1918 the DLI was among the formatilons that bore the brunt of the German offensives at St Quentin, the Lys and on the Marne, before taking part in the victorious allied colunter-offensives. Apart from the western front, DLI battalions fought in Italy and Macedonia and fomed part of the allied anti-Bolshevik intervention force at Archangel in 1919. In the Second World War, the DLI was again sent to France as part of the BEF, taking part in the fighting retreat to Dunkirk. It was in action in North Africa from 1940 to 1943, fighting at Tobruk, El Alamein, Mareth and took part in the invasions of Sicily and Italy. It fought in the Normandy campaign as well as in Greece, Burma ( Arakan and Kohima) and in the final push into Germany.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Owner's name.

Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good First Edition lacking dj, bumping to spine, spotting to edges, text clean and tight. PO inscr to fep is that of Field Marshall Sir Michael Carver, dated 1964.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+/VG+ in mylar DJ protector, a very clean and tight copy. Please see my other offerings in Military History. I am moving to smaller quarters and must make room.

Large Paperback. Condition: Fine. 113p. photos. Folding maps. Large Wraps. Owner's rubber stamp on front. Fine Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Copy in grey cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket slightly grubby with a few small chips along edges. Sporadic light foxing to folio fore-edges. Clean text with b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. "An essential text on the history of the British Army of two hundred years ago.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; Reprint of the study first published 1957 as WELLINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS: A STUDY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE PENINSULA 1809-1814. With new Foreword by Rory Muir. Illustrations; +xvpp. ; 219 pages.

Original Card. Condition: Very Good. 115 pgs, illus, including sketch map of the siege-works of Sevastopol, very good condition.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 219 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, 3 colour plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.