Tactics: The Art of Battle

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1 ARMORED PRODUCTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. [PROTECH]. PITTSFIELD, Protech, n.d.

Quarto. Pp. 30. Illustrated throughout. Original wrappers. Fine.

- - Product catalogue. Offering tactical, sniper, federal agent, assault, and protection vests, raid jackets, combat vehicle crewman and ballistic helmets, ballistic face-shields, body defenders and shields, riot control equipment, etc.
€ 20 --



2 MILITÄRISCHE AUSGABEN-SAMMLUNG 1923. 2. JAHRGANG. BERLIN, Offene Worte, 1924.

Octavo. Pp. 178. Text illustrations. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers, bit sunned, shelf label to spine. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps).

No record on OCLC nor KVK.
€ 85 --



3 MILITÄRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE MITTEILUNGEN. “ZWEIGSTELLE WIEN” [DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR WEHRPOLITIK UND WEHRWISSENSCHAFTEN] 70. JAHRGANG, 1939. Eleven Issues. Wien, Militärwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 1939.

11 issues (without November). Royal octavo. Pp. 882. Plus folding maps and battle plans, printed in colour, loosely inserted. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition (stamps, paper labels). Nice set.

- - First edition. Scarce set of important military publication.
€ 220 --



4 REVUE DE DOCUMENTATION MILITAIRE. NO. 76-83, 1955. Eight Issues in One Volume. [Commandement militaire belge], 1955.

Eight issues in one volume. Numbers 76-83, February-December, 1955. Octavo. Pp. 122; 134; 152; 136; 144; 136; 132; 121. Plus fold-out maps, some with semitransparent overlays printed in colour. Frontispiece to each issue. Photographs, sketch illustrations, and tables in the text. Hardcover, half blue cloth and boards, shelf label to spine. In about fine condition. Excellent set, interior practically unused.

- - First edition.
€ 225 --



5 ALLÉHAUT, Colonel [Emile Julien Joseph Léopold]. Éléments de Tactique Générale. Avec 48 figures dans le texte. Nancy, Paris & Strasbourg, Berger Levrault, 1927.

Royal octavo. Pp. 204. With 48 illustrations. Wrapped in plain paper with original printed cover laid-down, a little soiled, shelf label to spine. In a very good and neat internal condition (old institutional stamps).

First edition. Colonel Emile Julien Joseph Léopold Allehaut, later General. Wrote also “Etre prêts: puissance aérienne: forces de terre: doctrine organisation moral” (Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1935). Scarce. Not a single copy worldwide in OCLC. KVK locates only 4 copies, one in National Library of France; one in National Library of Spain; 2 in Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia. No record in French Union Catalog.
€ 170 --



6 [ARBEITSKREIS FÜR WEHRFORSCHUNG.] WEHRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DIE EUROPÄISCHE SICHERHEIT. JAHRGANG 1957, 12 Hefte. Berlin, Mittler, 1957.

12 parts in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. xii, 726. Plus folding map bound-in. Text illustrations and maps. Hardcover, half cloth, and marbled boards, spine gilt. In about fine condition.

First edition.
€ 50 --



7 AUBRAT, G. Les exercices de service en campagne dans le groupe de batteries. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1907.

Crown octavo. Pp. vii, 587. Plus 2 extending maps bound at rear. With 62 letterpress maps and plans to the text, many of which full-page. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed boards, with original printed cover laid down, with shelf label to spine. In a very good condition. (Old military stamps and marks.) Fine copy.

- - Second edition. Scarce.
€ 175 --



8 BALCK, W. Entwickelung [Entwicklung] der Taktik im Weltkriege. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1920.

Royal 8vo. Pp. xv, 336, (4) publisher’s ads. With 16 illustrations. Footnotes, index. Hardcover, original decorated boards, spine with dyed label. In a very good condition. (Date penned on bottom of cover, neat old ownership signature, institutional label to back paste-down.) Nice, very clean and well preserved copy.

First edition.
€ 55 --



9 BALCK, W. Entwickelung [Entwicklung] der Taktik im Weltkriege. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1920.

Royal 8vo. Pp. xv, 336, (4) publisher’s ads. With 18 illustrations. Footnotes, index. Hardcover, original decorated boards, spine with dye-emobssed label. In a very good condition. (Old institutional stamps, label; boards bit thumbed.) Nice, well preserved copy.

First edition.
€ 75 --



10 BALCK, W. Entwickelung [Entwicklung] der Taktik im Weltkriege. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1920.

Royal 8vo. Pp. xv, 336, (4) publisher’s ads. With 18 illustrations. Footnotes, index. Hardcover, original quarter cloth, boards decorated in brown, dye label to spine. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps, label; bit dusty). Good copy.

First edition.
€ 125 --



11 BATCHELOR, John, and Ian Hogg. Die Geschichte der Artillerie. München, Heyne, 1977.

4to. Pp. 159. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous colour, halftone, and line-drawn illustrations. Indices. Original pictorial wrappers. Excellent copy in fine condition.

First German edition. An excellent study of all aspects of artillery equipment. Very well illustrated.
€ 35 --



12 BECKER, Général Georges. Infanterie-Artillerie dans l’attaque. Liaison et fusion. Avec 18 croquis, 2 calques et 2 cartes hors texte, 8 annexes. Nancy, Paris & Strasbourg, Berger Levrault, 1929.

Royal octavo. Pp. 222. Plus 2 folding maps (35 x 32 cm; 50 x 45 cm), printed with 4 additional colours, each accompanied by a semitransparent overlay (one printed in black, the other in 5 colours) superimposing troop positions as changed over time, all loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. With 18 maps and plans to the text, many of which are full-page; charts. Original printed wrappers (a little edge-worn), shelf label to spine. Uncut. In a very good condition (signature, old institutional stamps). Nice set of maps.

- - First edition. General Georges Becker (1872-19??). Exceedingly scarce. KVK locates just 2 copies, one in Union Catalog Italy; the other in the National Library of France. OCLC locates only 4 copies worldwide, in Yale University Library; Combined Arms Research Library; US Army Field Artillery School; and US Army, Military History Institute.
€ 320 --



13 BERKER, G. (Zeichnungen: D. Berker, H. Schmidt, H. Heinen). Technik und Taktik der Feldartillerie, 1808-15. Witten, KLIO Arbeitsgruppe Waterloo, 1978.

Quarto. Pp. 63. Illustrated with plans, sketches, and troop formations. Full-page technical illustrations. Appendix, bibliography. Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition.

- - First edition. NOTE: This item is not subject to return, unless if found at variance with its description. Exceedingly scarce.
€ 125 --



14 BERKER, W. Gefechtsformen der Infanterie, 1808-1815. Witten, KLIO Arbeitsgruppe Waterloo, 1979.

Quarto. Pp. 95. Copier produced edition as issued. Richly illustrated with maps, plans, diagrams, and troop formations. Footnotes, bibliography. Original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition.

First edition. A remarkable enterprise, intended for military model makers, collectors, and exhibition designers who wish to set their tin troops in the appropriate formation. NOTE: This item is not subject to return, unless if found at variance with its description. Exceedingly scarce.
€ 125 --



15 BOLTZE, Artur. Das Nachtgefecht: Die Ausbildung der Infanterie für das Gefecht bei Dunkelheit im Bewegungskriege. Erläutert durch taktische Übungsbeispiele im Rahmen des Schützenzuges bis zum Infanterie-Regiment. Berlin, Mittler, 1936.

Octavo. Pp. 144. With 7 letterpress maps to the text. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers, shelf label to spine. In fine condition (old institutional stamps and marks). Excellent copy.

- - First edition, published in 1935. KVK lists just 4 copies of this edition, i.e. in Union Catalog Northern Germany; Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek; Library of Congress; British Union Catalog; and Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries.
€ 75 --



16 BORNEMANN, Rudolf. Taktik in praktischen Beispielen. Eine Aufgabensammlung mit Lösungen und Hinweisen auf die Dienstvorschriften für Offiziere aller Waffen. Berlin, Mittler, 1914.

Royal octavo. Pp. 94, 4, (2) publisher’s ads. Plus 3 lithographed maps folded in pocket at rear as issued. With line-drawn illustrations to the text; tables. Appendix. Set in Gothic type. Original wrappers, lettered in red, shelf labels, small reinforcements to head and tail of spine, cover a bit dusty, rubbed, with edges creased. Uncut. In overall very good condition (old institutional stamps,, leaves a bit dog-eared). Good copy with all 3 maps in fine condition with no traces of use.

- - First edition. The two large maps unfold to about 83 x 96 cm and 86 x 67 cm respectively; the smaller map unfolds to 35 x 40 cm, and contains 16 sections of the “Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1:100000”. Rare. OCLC records just a single copy worldwide, that in the NY Public Library. KVK records 2 copies only, one in Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries LIBRIS, and one in Die Deutsche Bibliothek.
€ 320 --



17 BOUCHACOURT, Commandant. L’Infanterie dans la Bataille: Étude sur l’Attaque, Étude sur la Défense. Paris, Charles Lavauzelle, 1927.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 268. Plus 8 folding maps printed on different paper bound in the text. With 6 halftone plates depicting 8 panoramic views, 6 line-drawn maps and plans (some of which full-page), chart; footnotes. Original green printed wrappers. Uncut and entirely unopened. In a very good condition. (Upper cover sunned, single institutional stamp and spine label.) Unused copy, internally crisp.

First edition.
€ 75 --



18 BOUCHACOURT, Commandant. L’Infanterie dans la Bataille: Étude sur l’Attaque, Étude sur la Défense. Paris, Charles Lavauzelle, 1927.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 268. Plus 8 folding maps printed on different paper bound in the text. With 6 halftone plates depicting 8 panoramic views, 6 line-drawn maps and plans (some of which full-page), chart; footnotes. Original green printed wrappers. Uncut. In a very good condition. (Institutional stamps to cover and prelims, old small spine label.) Hardly used copy, internally crisp.

First edition.
€ 45 --



19 BOUCHER, Général Arthur. L’art de vaincre, aux deux pôles de l’histoire: Sa loi eternelle. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1928.

8vo. Pp. xiv, 390. With 6 illustrations to the text. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed and marbled boards, spine with shelf label. In fine condition. (Old military stamps to prelims.) Excellent copy.

First edition.
€ 75 --



20 BRUCHMÜLLER, Georg. Die deutsche Artillerie in den Durchbruchschlachten des Weltkrieges. Berlin, Mittler, 1921.

8vo. Pp. viii, 120. With numerous maps, charts; index. Set in Gothic type. A copy bound with no additional illustrations. Hardcover, cloth-backed marbled boards, spine with shelf label. In fine condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks.) Excellent copy, in a fine state of preservation.

[German artillery in the breakthrough battles of the World War]. First edition, the second was published in 1922. Georg Bruchmüller, a German artillery officer who fought in WWI, made a profound contribution to the theory and practice of artillery tactics, notably in respects of the concept of ‘neutralization’, task organization, use of technology, operations security (opsec), manoeuvre co-ordination, psychological preparation, and the use of fire concentration to achieve the ‘knock-out punch’ allowing decisive penetration by supported arms. His study is considered a classic. A very important treatise on First World War artillery. Exceedingly scarce.
€ 280 --



21 CLAUSEWITZ, Carl von; Werner Hahlweg. Vom Kriege. Hinterlassenes Werk des Generals Carl von Clausewitz. Siebzehnte Auflage. Vollständige Ausgabe im Urtext mit historisch-kritischer Würdigung. Drei Teile in einem Band. Bonn, Dümmlers, 1952.

Thick crown octavo. Pp. 1165. Portrait frontispiece. Plus 5 plates. Notes, bibliography, index. Errata slip laid-in. Hardcover, original light green buckram, gilt, plasticized. In a very good condition (Bookplate.) Nice, clean copy, well bound, well preserved.

16th edition. Article about Clausewitz from the “Militaire Spectator”, December 1956, loosely inserted.
€ 50 --



22 CLAUSEWITZ, General Carl von. Mit einer Einführung von Graf von Schlieffen. Herausgegeben von Karl Linnebach. Vom Kriege. Hinterlassenes Werk. Vierzehnte vermehrte Auflage. Berlin & Leipzig, B. Behrs Verlag / Friedrich Feddersen, 1933.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. xxxvi, 840. Facsimile letters and documents. Indices. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s buckram, top edge grey; placed in a slipcase. In about fine condition (first inner hinge bit cracked). Excellent copy.

- - 14th, enlarged edition. ADDED: Publisher’s announcement for “Mit Clausewitz durch die Rätsel und Fragen Irrungen und Wirrungen des Weltkrieges” 1926, including a complete List of Contents.
€ 55 --



23 COCHENHAUSEN, von. Die Truppenführung: Ein Handbuch für den Truppenführer und seine Gehilfen. Berlin, Mittler, 1924.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 278, (6) publisher’s ads. Plus one folding leaf of transparent paper printed in black, bound in the text, 4 pages of publisher’s ads. With 37 line-drawn maps and illustrations, illustrated tables, diagrams; appendix, index. Printed endpapers. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original red brown cloth, lettered in black. In excellent condition. (Old shelf label to spine, institutional stamps.) A very handsome copy.

Second, updated and improved edition.
€ 40 --



24 CORVISART, [Charles-Pierre-René-Victoire] Colonel (Traducteur). Règlement du 14 octobre 1907 sur le service en campagne dans l’armee japonaise, suivi des prescriptions pour les manoeuvres. Traduit du japonais et annoté par le colonel Corvisart. Avec 19 figures ou tableaux. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1909.

Two parts in one volume, paginated consecutively. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 244; (2) blanks, 245-320. Plus 3 fold-out tables, one of which is coloured, and 2 full-page coloured illustrations, all bound at rear as issued. With schematic illustrations and tables (some full-page). Footnotes. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, original printed wrapper laid-down, shelf labels to spine, old institutional stamps and markings. In fine condition. Overall an excellent copy.

- - First and only French edition. Translated from the official Japanese Field Service Regulations, a copy of which is at Rikugunsho Dainikki, Japan’s archive of the Army. translated and annotated by Colonel Charles-Pierre-René-Victoire Corvisart (1857-1939). Very rare. KVK lists a single location, Bibliotheque Nationale de France (with 2 copies). OCLC 67155142 locates a copy in the Army Museum, Delft. OCLC 5344334 adds 4 copies worldwide: two in U.K. (Institute of Historical Research and London Library), and two in U.S.A. (MIlitary History Institute and West Point).
€ 1100 --



25 CRON, Stabsarzt. Zehn Beispiele aus dem Gebiete des Gefechts-Sanitätsdienstes: Kritisch besprochen im Gelände. Ein Supplement zur “Militärischen Propädeutik als Einleitung in das Studium des Feld-Sanitätsdienstes”. Heft I-II. [Two Parts in One Volume]. Wien, Josef Safar, 1902.

Two parts in one volume. Paginated consecutively. Octavo. Pp. 169, (1); title, 173-319, (2) illustrated publisher’s ads. With maps and illustrations to the text (some full-page); tables. Side- and footnotes. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, spine with shelf label. In overall fine condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks.) Excellent copy.

- - First edition. Ten essays in two parts, the scarce Supplement to “Militärischen Propädeutik als Einleitung in das Studium des Feld-Sanitätsdienstes” by Wolff and Cron.
€ 275 --



26 (DEPARTEMENT VAN DEFENSIE). FRONTCHIRURGIE: VOORSCHRIFT VS 8-107. DEPARTEMENT VAN DEFENSIE, 1967.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 263. Illustrated throughout. Original printed wrappers. Fine, unused copy in excellent condition.

Fourth edition. Covers in excellent drawings numerous aspects of combat medics training.
€ 28 --



27 (DEPARTEMENT VAN DEFENSIE). HANDBOEK VOOR DE SOLDAAT [HANDBOOK FOR THE SOLDIER] VS 2-1350. DEPARTEMENT VAN DEFENSIE, 1970.

Crown 8vo. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 265. Plus nine colour- and monochrome plates of decorations and portraits. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Original printed wrappers, text block punched as issued. In fine condition. (Old military stamp to upper cover.)

Covers in excellent photographs and drawings almost every imaginable aspect of military training for recruits.
€ 20 --



28 (DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY). FIELD AND DEPOT MAINTENANCE: REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOL LIST FOR LAUNCHER, 762-mm Rocket, Truck Mounted, M289. [TM 9-1055-202-35P]. Washington, Department of the Army, 1959.

Crown 4to. Pp. 271. Illustrated. Original yellow printed wrappers, punched as issued. (Old military stamps.) In fine condition.

First edition.
€ 15 --



29 (DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY). FIELD AND DEPOT MAINTENANCE: REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOL LIST FOR LAUNCHER, 762-mm Rocket, Truck Mounted, M289. [TM 9-1055-202-35P]. Washington, Department of the Army, 1959.

Crown quarto. Pp. 271. Illustrated. Original yellow printed wrappers, punched as issued. In fine condition (old military stamps).

€ 60 --



30 DICKHUTH, Gustaf. Handbuch der Truppenführung im Kriege. Berlin, Mittler, 1901.

8vo. Pp. vii, 342, 16 publisher’s catalogue. Head- and tail-pieces, decorative initials. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with shelf label. Very good condition. (Old military stamps to prelims; spotting to some leaves; fore-edge of one leaf chipped, well away from text.)

First edition.
€ 175 --



31 DURFEE, Lt. Col. D. L. (Editor). [Command and General Staff College]. Military Review. Volume XXXII, Numbers 1-12. April 1952-March 1953. [Twelve Issues Plus Index]. Fort Leavenworth, Command and General Staff College, 1952-53.

Thirteen parts in one volume. Crown octavo. Pp. 64 (comprehensive indices); 1344. Photographs, diagrams, maps, sketches. Hardcover, half cloth, shelf label to spine, single stamp to each issue. In fine condition. Excellent.

- - First edition. The Index Issue gives an idea of the scope and scale of this publication. It is divided into 4 sections: Title Index; Subject Index; Authors Index and Foreign Military Digests Index; Military Books Index. It specifies over 800 articles in the Title Index. Furthermore, it lists over 1,400 subjects in the Subject Index. All listings are cross-sectioned. Complete year runs are exceedingly scarce.
€ 250 --



32 DUVAL, General. Foreword by General Weygand. Entwicklung und Lehren des Krieges in Spanien. [Les Leçons de la Guerre d’Espagne]. Berlin, Neff, 1938.

Crown octavo. Pp. 190, (2) publisher’s ads. Plus four maps printed on two folding sheets, loosely inserted in rear pocket; 18 halftone illustrations printed on different paper, bound in. Hardcover, original black cloth, lettered in white. In fine condition (private ownership stamp). Excellent copy.

First German edition, published the same year as the original French edition.
€ 35 --



33 EIMANNSBERGER, Ludwig Ritter von. Der Kampfwagenkrieg. Berlin, Lehmanns, 1938.

8vo. Pp. vii, (i), 236, (12) publisher’s catalogue. Plus three large folding maps loosely inserted in rear pocket as issued, of which one printed with six line-drawn plans; one lithograph and one halftone map printed in black, red, and blue. With 10 line-drawn illustrations to the text, tables. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original orange-brown buckram, lettering and emblem embossed in black, with shelf label. In about fine condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks, signature effaced; endpapers spotted.) Nice copy with excellent set of maps.

Second, revised edition.
€ 105 --



34 EMERY, Colonel H. R. (Editor). [Command and General Staff College]. Military Review. Volume XXXI, Numbers 1-12. April 1951-March 1952. [Twelve Issues Plus Index]. Fort Leavenworth, Command and General Staff College, 1951-52.

Thirteen parts in one volume. Crown octavo. Pp. 67 (comprehensive indices); 1344. Photographs, diagrams, maps, sketches. Hardcover, half cloth, shelf label, single stamp to each issue. In fine condition. Bright interior.

- - First edition. The Index Issue gives an idea of the scope and scale of this publication. It is divided into 4 sections: Title Index; Subject Index; Authors Index and Foreign Military Digests Index; Military Books Index. It specifies over 800 articles in the Title Index, from “Accident Rate”, “Added Fire Power”, “Air National Guard Units”, “Armory Construction”, “Arms for Warriors”, through “Defense ‘Guerrillas’”, “Geopolitics and War”, “Light Tank”, “Low Death Rate (Korea)”, “Military”: Courses, Equipment, Proving Ground, Training, etc., to “Underwater explosions photographed”, “Uranium Deposits”, and “What is tank country”, “X-Ray camera”, etc. Furthermore, it lists over 1,400 subjects in the Subject Index. All listings are cross-sectioned. Complete year runs are exceedingly scarce.
€ 250 --



35 ESTORFF, [E. A. O. A.] von. Taktische Lehren aus dem russisch-japanischen Feldkriege im Lichte unserer neuesten Vorschriften. Berlin, Mittler, 1909.

Royal 8vo. Pp. vi, 74. Plus 2 folding maps bound at rear. With another 4 full-page maps; index. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers bound into plain brown paper. Good. (Covers frayed, chipped, marginally soiled, internally some spotting, old institutional stamps to cover and prelims, shelf labels to cover.) Else, complete in all respects with nice, line-drawn battlefield sketch maps.

First edition.
€ 50 --



36 FELDMAN, Maj. Gen. H. (Editor). The Quartermaster Review, 1954. January-February; March-April; July-August; September-October. Volume XXXIII No. 4-5; Volume XXXIV No. 1-2. [Four Double Issues in One Volume]. Washington, The Quartermaster Association, 1954.

Four double-issues, about 170 pages each, as follows: January-February 1954 (Volume XXXIII No. 4); March-April 1954 (Volume XXXIII No. 5); July-August 1954 (Volume XXXIV No. 1); September-October 1954 (Volume XXXIV No. 2). Crown quarto. Hardcover, cloth spine and marbled boards, with original wrapper laid-down. In fine condition.

- - First edition. Profusely illustrated. Scarce.
€ 125 --



37 FELDMAN, Maj. Gen. H. (Editor). The Quartermaster Review, January-December 1954. Volume XXXIII No. 4 - Volume XXXIV No. 3. Six Issues in One Volume (Complete). Washington, The Quartermaster Association, 1954.

Crown quarto. Over 1,000 pages. Six double-issues. Complete year run. From double-issue January-February, 1954 (Volume XXXIII No. 4) to double-issue November-December, 1954 (Volume XXXIV No. 3). Hardcover, half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. In fine condition. Excellent.

First edition.
€ 75 --



38 FELDMAN, Maj. Gen. H. (Editor). The Quartermaster Review, March-December 1952. Volume XXXI No. 5 - Volume XXXII No. 3. [5 Issues in One Volume]. Washington, The Quartermaster Association, 1952.

5 double-issues. From double-issue March-April, 1952 (Volume XXXI No. 5) to double-issue November-December, 1952 (Volume XXXII No. 3). Crown quarto. Hardcover, quarter cloth and marbled boards with original wrap cover laid-down (stamps, label). In fine condition.

- - First edition. Profusely illustrated.
€ 75 --



39 FOCH, F. Des principes de la guerre: Conférences faites a l’ecole supérieure de guerre. [FIRST EDITION]. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1903.

Crown 4to. Pp. vi, 339, (2). Plus 25 folding lithographed maps, printed on different paper, some printed with additional colour of red or blue, bound in (14 at rear). With letterpress maps to the text, footnotes. Hardcover, contemporary quarter red cloth and marbled boards, red (morocco) label to spine, lettered in gilt. Excellent copy in fine condition.

The rare, first edition of a classic book. With a remarkably large collection of battlefields maps, in uncommonly crisp state, beautifully preserved in mint condition.
€ 175 --



40 FONCLARE, Jacques-Élie de. Quelques Idées sur l’Instruction d’un régiment d’infanterie. Mise au point des cadres et des unités tactique élémentaire de sureté et de combat liaison des armes. Paris, Chapelot, 1909.

Octavo. Pp. 231. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, with original printed cover laid down, shelf labels to spine. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps and marking).

- - First edition. Scarce. Not in OCLC worldwide. KVK lists just 2 copies, one in the National Library of France; and one in the Library Network of Western Switzerland.
€ 120 --



41 FONTAINE, de la. Les Fortifications Royales, ou Architecture militaire, ancienne et moderne, par une nouvelle pratique; Avec celles de tous les plus excellens Autheurs qui ont escrit de cette Matiere depuis Henry le Grand, jusqu’à present; & un Traité de l’Artillerie & usage du Canon. [BOUND WITH:] Ensemble, La Geometrie universelle, avec un Compendion de Perspective; la Construction des Cadrans Solaires, l’usage du Cadran Analitique, & autres diverses choses contenuës en cét Oeuvre. [TWO BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME]. Paris, Loyson, 1666.

Two books in one volume. FULL TITLE-LIST AS FOLLOWS: Les Fortifications Royales, ou Architecture militaire, ancienne et moderne, par une nouvelle pratique; Avec celles de tous les plus excellens Autheurs qui ont escrit de cette Matiere depuis Henry le Grand, jusqu’à present; & un Traité de l’Artillerie & usage du Canon. [BOUND WITH:] Ensemble, La Geometrie universelle, avec un Compendion de Perspective; la Construction des Cadrans Solaires, l’usage du Cadran Analitique, & autres diverses choses contenuës en cét Oeuvre. - - two works in one volume. Small octavo. Book I: Pp. (vi), 128 [i.e. 126, erratically skipping numbers 121-122], (2). Plus a total of 26 double-page etched plates, some of which fold-out, of which 18 are of fortification construction and 7 are of canons and their carriage, numbered separately respectively. Plus one unnumbered fold-out plate. Tables. Book II: Pp. (iv), 150 [i.e. 154, erratically commencing with number 109 onwards after p. 112]. Plus a total of 25 etched plates, of which 17 double-page plates are on geometry; 4 (3 double-page & one folded) plates are on perspective; and another 4 (3 double-page & one folded) are again on geometrical issues; some plates are with tears, occasionally with considerable loss; two double-page plates lack left leaf. Etched frontispiece. Title-page with decorative device to each book. Handsome head-pieces and decorative initials to each book’s dedication to the King. Hardcover, later quarter black calf and boards, spine with raised bands, direct gilt lettering to second compartment; cracks to leather, chipped spine ends, worn corners. With elaborate calligraphic signature on front free endpaper, dated 1784.

- - Rare. Not a single copy in OCLC.
€ 900 --



42 FRANKE, Hermann. Handbuch der neuzeitlichen Wehrwissenschaften. Zweiter Band: Das Heer. Mit 14 fabrigen und schwarzen Tafeln und 270 Abbildungen bzw. Skizzen im Text. Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter, 1937.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. xii, 804, (4) publisher’s ads. Plus 17 full-page plates, some of which are in colour, tipped-in (only 14 are called-for). With 270 text illustrations and sketch maps, some are full-page. Set in double columns in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s cloth, red lettering. Placed in the original publisher’s slipcase (bit discoloured, rubbed), similarly lettered . In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 120 --



43 FRAUENHOLZ, Eugen von. Das Gesicht der Schlacht: Taktik und Technik in der deutschen Kriegsgeschichte. Stuttgart, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1890.

Royal octavo. Pp. 196. Plus a number of halftone plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Fold-out map and many maps and plans to the text. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original buckram printed in black top of spine chipped and worn. In a very good condition, excellent interior.

Second edition.
€ 38 --



44 FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN, Frhrn. v. [Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven]. Gebirgskämpfe. Die Führung in den neuesten Kriegen: Operatives und Taktisches, 2. Heft. (Die Führung in den neuesten Kriegen, 1. Heft). Berlin, Mittler, 1912.

Octavo. Pp. vii, 114. Plus 11 folding maps, some in colour, loosely inserted in rear pocket as issued, some maps with markings in ink or colour pencil. Decorative initials. Side notes. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, original printed cover laid down, shelf label to spine. In about fine condition (old institutional stamps and marks, some light underlining and marginal annotations in pencil, occasionally in colour). Overall an excellent copy.

- - First edition. First volume in the Series “Die Führung in den neuesten Kriegen”. Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven (1855-1924). Scarce. KVK locates only 4 copies: in Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries; National Library of France; NEBIS/ZB Zurich; Die Deutsche Bibliothek.
€ 380 --



45 FULLER, Major-General J. F. C. The Conduct of War, 1789-1961: A Study of the Impact of the French, Industrial, and Russian Revolutions on War and its Conduct. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961.

Octavo. Pp. 352. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s full black cloth, spine gilt. Old institutional stamps, else a fine copy in excellent condition.

- - First edition.
€ 20 --



46 GALUPPINI, Gino; Hans Peter Jürgens. Enzyklopädie der Kriegsschiffe: Geschichte, Technik, Daten. Augsburg, Weltbild, 1995.

Royal 4to. Pp. 320. With a 63-page appendix of vessels’ silhouettes and schematic views, and a 30-page section of technical data. Profusely illustrated throughout. Bibliography, indices. Hardcover, original blue cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Bright copy, practically unused. Excellent.

First German edition. A remarkable enterprise, first published in 1973 as “Enciclopedia della Navi da Guerra”.
€ 45 --



47 GIRARD, E., A. de Rouville, Le Commandant Voyer. Ballons dirigeables. Théorie, Applications. Deuxième édition, augmentée de deux annexes: Le Ballon Lebaudy; Le Ballon Patrie. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1908.

Royal octavo. Pp. (ii), 380. With 174 illustrations to text. Two appendices. Hardcover, full cloth, spine lettered and with shelf label, original wrapper laid-down, old institutional stamps, dampmark to margin of first leaves. Nice copy in a very good condition.

- - First edition. Publication of Revue du Génie militaire, July 1906-January 1907.
€ 120 --



48 GREINER, Oberstleutnant. Taktische Aufgaben im Regiments-Verbande. Berlin, Mittler, 1938.

8vo. Pp. 109, (3) publisher’s ads. Plus 11 folding lithographed maps (scale 1:100000 and 1:25000), 9 of which printed with additional colours of blue and red to mark troop position and progress over time, all loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. With one letterpress map and 2 illustrations to the text. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original black cloth, lettered in gilt. In fine condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks, shelf label to spine.) Internally bright and fresh, maps crisp in exceptionally fine condition.

First edition.
€ 45 --



49 GRIEPENKERL. TAKTISCHE UNTERRICHTSBRIEFE ZUR VORBEREITUNG FÜR DAS KRIEGSAKADEMISCHE-EXAMEN, taktische Uebungsritte, Kriegsspiel und Manöver: Aufgaben im Rahmen des Detachements. Berlin, Mittler, 1901.

Royal octavo. Pp. 388. Plus 5 folding lithographed maps (four at scale 1:25,000 and one at scale 1: 100,000), each with folding caption label, loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original blue cloth, spine gilt ornate, original patterned endpapers. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps and marks, paper label to cover; some annotations in a very neat hand). A nice copy.

- - Fifth, revised edition.
€ 70 --



50 GUISCHARDT, Charles. Mémoires militaires sur les Grecs et les Romains. Pour servir de suite & d’éclaircissement à l’Histoire de Polybe commentée par le Chevalier Folard. Avec une dissertation sur l’attaque et la Defense des Places des Anciens; la traduction d’Onosander et de la Tactique d’Arrien, et l’analyse de la campagne de Jules César en Afrique. Lyon, Bruyset, 1760.

Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xvi, 123, (1); 153, (3) verso blank. (Page 153 erratically numbered 313.) Plus a total of 21 copperplates engravings, printed on fine handmade paper: 15 fold-out plates in the first volume and 6 in the second volume, one of which is a large folding map. Title-page of each volume printed in red and black and decorated with a small ornamental device. Half-title to each volume. Ornamental head- and tail-pieces. Footnotes, side-notes. Set in double columns. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half mottled calf and sprinkled boards, spines gilt ruled and numbered, handsome gilt title-label to each. Silken marker bands. In about fine condition. (Contemporary signature and stamp to each title/half-title; 2 minute wormholes to side of one spine; closed tear to one plate repaired with clear tape on verso.) A very handsome set in excellent state of preservation.

- - “Cet ouvrage est remarquable par son érudition et sa clarté.” (This work is remarkable in its scholarship and its clearness.) - B. Colson, “L’art de la Guerre”. Noteworthy is the general disregard of the fact that there are two, entirely different issues of the Paris edition under this same imprint. The first issue followed the 1758 The Hague edition, and was published similarly in a rather thick 2-volume octavo, with the first volume encompassing 318 pages, and the second 384 pages. But then Bruyset thought better. The entire work was reset in elegant and practical double-column format, allowing the first volume to elegantly hold the complete text in mere 123 pages, and the second volume in 153 pages. The title-page was printed in red and black, and the work printed in a generous crown quarto, measuring 26 x 21 cm. The handsome plates could now be bound with only minimum of folding. Furthermore, the strikes of the plates in this issue are stronger and richer. Copies printed in this handsome format are now most uncommon. See: Jähns, Geschichte der Kriegswissenschaften, pp. 1824-29. Chevalier Folard published his “Histoire de Polybe” in 6 volumes (Paris 1727-30). Eventually it became a 7-volume work (Amsterdam 1751), to be followed by an abridged edition. “Histoire de Polybe” was immensely influential, translated in its full size into several languages.
€ 675 --



51 HARTENSTEIN. DIE FÜHRUNG UND IHRE MITTEL BEIM KAMPFEINSATZ DER SCHUTZPOLIZEI. BERLIN, Offene Worte, 1933.

Crown octavo. Pp. 111, (1) publisher’s ad. With 16 illustration to the text, appendix, index. With extended legends of symbols used in police cartography. Set in Gothic type. Original cloth-backed printed boards, shelf label to spine. In about fine condition. (Upper board discoloured; old institutional stamps and marks.) Else a crisp copy in excellent condition.

- - First edition. Exceedingly scarce.
€ 285 --



52 HOAR, Allen. The Submarine Torpedo Boat: Its Characteristics and Modern Development. New york, Van Nostrand; London, Crosby Lockwood, 1916.

Octavo. Pp. xv, 211. Plus 4 folding plates. With 84 illustrations to text. Appendices, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s navy blue cloth, spine gilt, clipped corner to first free endpaper, old stamp. Overall in fine condition, bright interior.

- - First edition.
€ 120 --



53 HOEN, Maximilian Ritter von. Der operative und taktische Sanitätsdienst im Rahmen des Korps, nebst einer Aufgabensammlung. Wien, Josef Safar, 1907.

Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 162, (2) publisher’s ads. Plus 4 large, folding lithograph maps (two of which are in colour) and 6 folding plans (two of which printed on transparent paper) showing battle situations and troop positions, all loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with original printed cover (bit dusty, abraded) laid down, shelf label to spine. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps). Overall a copy with excellent interior and a crisp set of handsome maps, exceptionally well preserved.

- - First edition. The maps were published a year earlier, in 1906, by the Militär-geographisches Institut. Exceedingly scarce. KVK does not locate a single copy. OCLC locates only 2 copies worldwide, in US National Library of Medicine, and in US Army, Military History Institute. It records a 3rd copy, in New York Academy of Medicine, but this copy appears not to exist. Not in Union Catalog Austria, Austrian National Library nor in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. English translation (also offered by Librarium) appeared two years after the original German. Translated by William Grant Macpherson, it was titled “The strategical and tactical employment of the medical service, as carried out in an army corps”, and was published in London by Harrison and Sons, for H. M. Stationery Office. KVK locates copies of this edition in British Union Catalog, Union Catalog of Canada, National Library of Australia, and Library of Congress. OCLC 14802850 adds another 7 copies worldwide, all in the United States. Maximilian Ritter von Hoen wrote extensively about military history, medicine, and tactics. In 1897 he published “Der Sanitäts-Dienst im Kriege”, and in 1903 “Vorschule zur Lösung sanitäts-taktischer Aufgaben”.
€ 850 --



54 HOEN, Maximilian Ritter von. The Strategical and Tactical Employment of the Medical Service, as Carried Out in an Army Corps; with a Series of Problems. With 4 Maps and 6 Special Supplements. London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationary Office by Harrison and Sons, 1909.

Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. 137, (6) publisher’s catalogue printed on pink paper. Plus 4 large, folding lithograph maps (two of which are in colour) and 6 folding plans (two of which printed on cloth) showing battle situations and troop positions, all loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. Hardcover, original leaf-green cloth gilt, cloth bit soiled, marked, corners bumped; spine lettered in gilt, paper shelf label (abraded), pink endpapers printed with publisher’s catalogue. In a very good condition (scattered old institutional stamps). A desirable copy with overall fine interior and a nice set of maps, very well preserved.

- - First English edition. Translated from the German by William Grant Macpherson. The maps were printed by the lithographers firm of Weller & Graham, London; and by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. The original German “Der operative und taktische Sanitätsdienst im Rahmen des Korps, nebst einer Aufgabensammlung” (also offered by Librarium) appeared in 1907, published in Wien by Josef Safar. It is now very rare. KVK does not locate a single copy. OCLC locates only 2 copies worldwide, in US National Library of Medicine, and in US Army, Military History Institute. It records a 3rd copy, in New York Academy of Medicine, but this copy appears not to exist. The present English edition is equally scarce. KVK locates copies of this edition in British Union Catalog, Union Catalog of Canada, National Library of Australia, and Library of Congress. OCLC 14802850 adds another 7 copies worldwide, all in the United States. Not in Union Catalog Austria, Austrian National Library (1501-1929), nor in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Maximilian Ritter von Hoen wrote extensively about military history, medicine, and tactics. In 1897 he published “Der Sanitäts-Dienst im Kriege”, and in 1903 “Vorschule zur Lösung sanitäts-taktischer Aufgaben”.
€ 500 --



55 HOHENLOHE-INGELFINGEN, Kraft Prinz zu. Strategische Briefe. Volumes I-II. Berlin, Mittler, 1887.

Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. 351, plus 3 large folding lithograph maps in rear pocket; 274, plus one (of two) folding lithograph map. Indices. Original engraved wrappers. Good reading copy. (Wraps frayed, chipped; both volumes covered in brown paper partly attached to spines; pencil annotations in neat contemporary hand to one map; old institutional stamps.) Very good and clean internally.

€ 50 --



56 HOOGEBOOM, A. Leerboek der tactiek. (Tweede deel). Breda, Koninklijke militaire academie, 1912.

8vo. Pp. v, 363. Foot- and side-notes. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. Very good condition. (Old label to spine, institutional stamps.)

Fourth, revised edition. Volume II.
€ 75 --



57 HÖRAUF, [Franz] von. Das Kriegsspiel, seine Anlage und Leitung. Besprechungen im Gelände und Gefechtsübungen im Rahmen des verstärkten Infanterie-Regiments. Berlin, Mittler, 1930.

Royal octavo. Pp. 72. Plus a folding lithograph map, loosely inserted in pocket at rear pocket as issued. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers, shelf labels in manuscript, few chips at extremities. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps). Fine interior, crisp map.

- - First edition. Very scarce. KVK locates just 4 copies, in Library of Congress (2nd edition, 1935); IDS Bale/Berne, NEBIS/ZB Zurich, and in Union Catalog Northern Germany. Not a single copy in OCLC worldwide. No record in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek.
€ 260 --



58 HYDE, H. Montgomery, and G. R. Falkiner Nuttall. Air Defence and the Civil Population. London, Cresset, 1937.

Octavo. Pp. xvi, 239. Frontispiece, and 7 halftone plates. With 11 line-drawn illustrations. Tables, footnotes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original red cloth, gilt-stamped title labels. In fine condition (old institutional stamps, shelf label to spine). Fresh copy, practically unused.

First edition. Based on studies of air raids in the First World War, the authors predict and analyze the kind of bombs likely to be used in the future, and describe in detail the various forms of protection to be employed. A fascinating prediction, at the eve of the Second World War and the major air offensive against the British Isles, which left London in flames and many towns almost completely destroyed. Excellent copy.
€ 70 --



59 IMMANUEL, Friedrich. Handbuch der Taktik. Volumes I-II. Berlin, Mittler, 1910.

Two volumes. 8vo. Pp. x, 433; vi, 304. Plus folding tables, schematic plans, and illustrations. With text illustrations, tables, index. Side numbering to paragraphs. Hardcover, contemporary quarter cloth over boards, with the original decorated ochre covers laid down. With matching shelf labels to spines. In a very good condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks to prelims.) Nice set.

Second, completely revised edition of this classic.
€ 175 --



60 JACQUELOT DU BOISROUVRAY, Général de. Quatre études tactiques. Nancy, Berger Levrault, 1906.

Octavo. Pp. vi, 150. Plus 10 lithographed maps, one of which folding. With 3 illustrations to the text; footnotes. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with original printed cover laid down. Very good condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks, shelf labels to spine, browning of endpaper, odd marginal pencilling.) Good, clean copy with a crisp set of maps.

- - First edition. Rare. Not KVK nor OCLC record a single copy worldwide. Not in the National Library of France.
€ 155 --



61 [K. K. KRIEGSMINISTERIUMS, Wien]. Anleitung für den alpinen Dienst. I: Die alpinen Gefahren; II: Skilauftechnik; III: Gletscher- und Eistechnik; IV: Fels- und Grastechnik; V: Alpine Ausrüstung und Bekleidung; VI: Verpflegung und Ernährung. Unterkünfte. Gesundheitspflege und Verwundeten(Kranken)transport; VII: Orientierung. Wegversicherungen. Ausnützung alpiner Naturerscheinungen im Hochgebirgskrieg; VIII: Anleitung für Ski- und Hochalpinkurse. IX: Allgemeiner Teil. Entwurf. Zu Abt. 5, Nr. 1 von 1917. [NINE VOLUMES]. Wien, Kriegsministeriums, 1917.

Nine volumes. Small octavo. Pp. 17; 33; 26; 29; 27; 24; 33; 31; 32. Illustrated with photographs and drawning. Tables, maps. Uniformly bound in the original pink card wrappers. All 9 volumes are placed in the original hardcover portfolio, with ribbon ties. In fine condition (some annotations on cover). Excellent set, beautifully preserved.

- - A most uncommon field guide in pocket format, aiming to provide essential information and instructions to the infantry of the Alpine forces. Accompanied by detailed illustrations, it covers manoeuvring on snow, essential mountaineering, clothing and accoutrements, medical evacuation, reconnaissance and navigation, filed engineering, health and sanitation, etc. Very rare. KVK locates just a single copy, of unspecified completeness, in Union Catalog Bavaria. Not in Austrian National Library, Union Catalog Austria, nor in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Not a single copy in OCLC worldwide.
€ 850 --



62 KEARSEY, A. Training: Umpiring in Attack and Defence, Exercises with and without Troops. Essays, Lectures. Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1942.

Octavo. Pp. 85, (2) publisher’s ads. Tables. Original printed wrappers, bit creased, 2 short tears neatly mended. In a very good condition (old institutional stamp to title).

- - First edition. That the book sets to discuss and analyse “military points and problems on training for war” in the midst of 1942’s World War II, is remarkable. Scarce.
€ 75 --



63 KIESLING, Hans von. Das Begegnungsgefecht: Theoretisch und praktisch erläutert in zwei Teilen. Teil I: Praxis; Teil II: Theorie. [TWO VOLUMES]. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1912.

Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. 244, (4) publisher’s ads; 226, (2) publisher’s ads. Lacks the 2 additional maps (Dachau and München). Set in Gothic type. Uniformly bound in original printed wrappers, small neat manuscript label to head of each spine. Uncut. In a very good condition (old stamp or two to each volume). A very well preserved, clean set.

- - First edition. Scarce. Not a single copy worldwide on OCLC. KVK locates only 3 copies in Germany (Union Catalog Bavaria; Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia; Union Catalog Northern Germany); and further copies in NEBIS/ZB Zurich; Union Catalog of Canada; British Library; and Library of Congress. The book was translated by the General Staff, War Office, and appeared a year later in London as “The Battle of Encounter”. Added: 3 original order cards (Bücher-Zettel), fresh and crisp, with publisher’s announcements of new titles from the period.
€ 360 --



64 KOFF, A. J. de. Militair zakboek ten dienste van de officieren der schutterij. Arnhem, Nijhoff, 1871.

Octavo. Pp. xii, 332. Dedication to the King. Plus two full-page plates bound at rear. With 45 engraved illustrations to the text. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed boards with original covers (bit marked) laid down. In a very good condition. (first and last leaves browned and brittle, very few leaves marginally chipped). Overall a very good, sound copy.

- - First edition. Illustrated military manual, covering numerous issues of concern and importance for militia officers. Included are technical specifications of weapons, use of hand-arms and heavier weapons, tactics, all aspects of field service, maintenance, engineering. With a special chapter on long-term fortification. Scarce.
€ 175 --



65 (KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT). HANDBOEK VOOR DE GENIESOLDAAT: VOORSCHRIFT VS 2-1350-E 1. [HANDBOOK GUIDE FIELD COMBAT MILITARY SOLDIER OFFICER ENGINEER ENGINEERING INFANTRY]. KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT, 1970.

Crown octavo. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 275. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Punched as issued. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition.

- - Third edition. Excellent graphic guide, richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, dealing with numerous aspects of military training for combat engineers and infantry. land mines laying and clearing, booby traps, floating bridges, defences, explosives, etc. etc.
€ 60 --



66 (KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT). HANDBOEK VOOR DE SOLDAAT [HANDBOOK FOR THE SOLDIER] VS 2-1350. KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT, 1972.

Crown 8vo. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 265. Plus nine colour- and monochrome plates of decorations and portraits. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Original printed wrappers. In fine condition. (Some notations to 3-4 leaves.)

Covers in excellent photographs and drawings almost every imaginable aspect of military training for recruits.
€ 30 --



67 (KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT). HANDBOEK VOOR DE SOLDAAT [HANDBOOK FOR THE SOLDIER] VS 2-1350. KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT, 1985.

Crown 8vo. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 270. Plus numerous colour- and monochrome plates of portraits, decorations, flags, equipment, and combat situations. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Printed on glossy paper. Original printed wrappers. In fine condition.

Covers in excellent photographs and drawings almost every imaginable aspect of military training for recruits.
€ 20 --



68 (KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT). HANDBOEK VOOR DE SOLDAAT [HANDBOOK FOR THE SOLDIER] VS 2-1350. KONINKLIJKE LANDMACHT, 1988.

Crown 8vo. Paginated in sections. Pp. ca. 275. Plus numerous colour- and monochrome plates of portraits, decorations, flags, equipment, and combat situations. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Errata slip laid-in. Printed on glossy paper. Original printed wrappers, plasticized. In excellent condition.

Covers in excellent photographs and drawings almost every imaginable aspect of military training for recruits.
€ 32 --



69 (KONINKLIJKE MILITAIRE ACADEMIE). HANDBOEK VOOR DEN RESERVE-OFFICIER DER INFANTERIE. BREDA, Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 1930.

Oblong small octavo. Paginated in sections. With about 100 pages of illustrations, covering numerous aspects of the infantry, including light engineering, obstacles, defenses, earthworks, trenches, grenade warfare, equipment, etc.; colour identification guide of flags and symbols. Hardcover, original cloth gilt, ring-bound as issued, with button-lock. Overall in fine condition.

- - ADDED: 2 large folding colour lithographs, published 1915 and 1930 respectively, “Verklaring der teekens, kleuren en afkortingen van de chromo-topographische kaart van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, op schaal van 1:50000”.
€ 240 --



70 (KONINKLIJKE MILITAIRE ACADEMIE). HANDLEIDING VOOR HET GEVECHT DER GROOTE EENHEDEN (GEVECHTSHANDLEIDING). NO. 441. BREDA, Koninklijke militaire academie, 1935.

Small octavo. Pp. 180. Index. Original grey card wrappers, printed, spine cloth, lettered in black, round corners, faint stamp. In fine condition.

€ 40 --



71 (KONINKLIJKE MILITAIRE ACADEMIE). VOORSCHRIFT INRICHTEN STELLINGEN. DEEL III: WEGEN EN BRUGGEN. BREDA, Koninklijke militaire academie, 1934.

Small octavo. Pp. 170. With 126 illustrations, photographs, drawings, and plans (many full-page), tables (one folding). Index. Original red card wrappers, printed, spine lettered in black, round corners. In fine condition very faint stamp to cover, another faint stamp, of the 11th Regiment Huzaren, inside). Nice copy.

- - First corrected edition. Deals with the various methods of transporting troops across water and rough terrain. With detailed instructions and very informative illustrations.
€ 35 --



72 (KONINKLIJKE MILITAIRE ACADEMIE). VOORSCHRIFT OP DEN VELDDIENST VOOR HET NEDERLANDSCHE LEGER. NO. 41. DEEL I-II. BREDA, Koninklijke militaire academie, 1925-26.

Two volumes bound in one. 12mo. Pp. 149; iv, 134. Interleaved with blank leaves for annotations and additions. Illustrations, some in colour, inc. flags, symbols, ordnance and survey map legends, aeroplane silhouettes. Extended general index. Tables, appendices. Hardcover, three-quarter cloth and patterned boards, with title label. Excellent field officer’s working copy with numerous notations in neat hand, colour pencil marking, etc. With updates, additions, and corrections pasted or tipped-in.

€ 175 --



73 KULCKE, Oberstabsarzt Dr. [Richard] . Grundzüge der Militärgesundheitspflege zum Gebrauch für Offiziere. Hamburg, Lüdeking, 1903.

Small octavo. Pp. 152. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with original cover laid down, shelf labels to spine. In fine condition (old institutional stamps).

- - First edition. Rare. KVK does not list a single copy. OCLC records just one copy worldwide, that in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
€ 220 --



74 LITZMANN, Generalleutnant. Beiträge zur taktischen Ausbildung unserer Offiziere. Teil III: Taktische Übungsritte. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1911.

8vo. Pp. viii, 160. Plus 3 folding lithographed maps, one at scale 1:100,000, unfolds to ca. 38 x 45 cm, and two at scale 1:25,000, printed with additional 2 colours, captions and legends lettered in red, unfold to ca. 51 x 67 cm each, and one schematic illustration, all loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued; appendix, publisher’s ads (illustrated). Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with original printed cover laid down. Very good condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks, shelf label to spine, endpapers spotted.) Nice, neat copy with attractive maps in very good condition.

Third, improved edition.
€ 155 --



75 MECKEL, J. Allgemeine Lehre von der Truppenführung im Kriege. Berlin, Mittler, 1890.

Royal octavo. Pp. x, 276. Plus folding lithograph map bound at rear (unfolds to ca. 55 x 55 cm, with wide margins), scale 1:25,000, strong impression in brown ink on heavy paper with graduate tint intensities, troop position marked in blue, complete with 2 semitransparent overlays, one printed in red the other in black, superimposing troop positions as changed over time. With folding lithograph plans, printed on different paper, bound in; text illustrations. Hardcover, contemporary half cloth and marbled boards (slightly rubbed), spine lettered in gilt with shelf label. In about fine condition (old institutional stamps and marks to prelims and to margin of map). Excellent copy with the handsome map in exceptionally fine state of preservation.

- - Third, improved edition.
€ 195 --



76 MECKEL, [Perizonius]. Lehrbuch der Taktik, nach der für die Königlich Preußischen Kriegsschulen vorgeschriebenen “genetischen Skizze”, zugleich als sechste Auflage der Taktik von Perizonius. Erster Theil: Einleitung und formelle Taktik. Berlin, Mittler, 1874.

Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 284. With woodcut illustrations, plans. Original printed wrappers. Good reading copy, not very handsome (wraps frayed, stamped; untrimmed edges bit frail) but very clean internally.

Text volume.
€ 25 --



77 [MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE ET DES FORCES ARMÉES.] REVUE MILITAIRE D’INFORMATION. PUBLICATION MENSUELLE DU MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE ET DES FORCES ARMÉES. 1957. PARIS, Ministère de la Défense Nationale et des Forces Armées, 1957.

11 (of 12) issues in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. 114; 118; 122, (8); 110; 98, (4); 106; 110; 113, (5); 110. Illustrated throughout. Advertisements. Hardcover, half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. In fine condition.

First edition. February-March and September-October double-issues are Special Issues. August issue not present.
€ 150 --



78 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 34E ANNÉE, 1925. I. Soixante-sixième [66e] Volume, Issues No. 388-393; II. Soixante-septième [67e] Volume, Issues No. 394-399. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1925.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 984; 888. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run. Volume I, 1925, issues 388-393; Volume II, 1925, issues 394-399.
€ 340 --



79 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 35E ANNÉE, 1926. I. Soixante-huitième [68e] Volume, Issues No. 400-405; II. Soixante-neuvième [69e] Volume, Issues No. 406-411. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1926.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 851; 711. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1926, issues 400-405; Volume II, 1926, issues 406-411.
€ 340 --



80 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 36E ANNÉE, 1927. I. Soixante-dixième [70e] Volume, Issues No. 412-417; II. Soixante et onzième [71e] Volume, Issues No. 418-423. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1927.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 835; 851. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1927, issues 412-417; Volume II, 1927, issues 418-423.
€ 340 --



81 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 37E ANNÉE, 1928. I. Soixante-douzième [72e] Volume, Issues No. 424-429; II. Soixante-treizième [73e] Volume, Issues No. 430-435. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1928.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1048; 963. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1928, issues 424-429; Volume II, 1928, issues 430-435.
€ 340 --



82 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 38E ANNÉE, 1929. I. Soixante-quatorzième [74e] Volume, Issues No. 436-442. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1929.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1096. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp maps.

- - First edition. First 6 issues of the year. Volume I, 1929, issues 436-441.
€ 180 --



83 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 39E ANNÉE, 1930. I. Soixante-dix-sixième [76e] Volume, Issues No. 448-453. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1930.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1118. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp maps.

- - First edition. First 6 issues of the year. Volume I, 1930, issues 448-453.
€ 180 --



84 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 40E ANNÉE, 1931. I. Soixante-dix-huitième [78e] Volume, Issues No. 460-465. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1931.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1275. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp maps.

- - First edition. First 6 issues of the year. Volume I, 1931, issues 460-465.
€ 180 --



85 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 41E ANNÉE, 1932. I. Quatre-vingtiéme [80e] Volume, Issues No. 472-477; II. Quatre-vingt et unième [81e] Volume, Issues No. 478-483. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1932.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1142; 916. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1932, issues 472-477; Volume II, 1932, issues 478-483.
€ 240 --



86 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 42E ANNÉE, 1933. I. Quatre-vingt-deuxième [82e] Volume, Issues No. 484-489; II. Quatre-vingt-troisième [83e] Volume, Issues No. 490-495. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1933.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 949; 1052. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1933, issues 484-489; Volume II, 1933, issues 490-495.
€ 240 --



87 MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE. LA REVUE D’INFANTERIE. 44E ANNÉE, 1935. I. Quatre-vingt-sixième [86e] Volume, Issues No. 508-513; II. Quatre-vingt-septième [87e] Volume, Issues No. 514-519. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Lavauzelle, 1935.

Two volumes. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 1216; 1144. Plus numerous folding ordnance maps and battle-plans, some very large, finely printed in letterpress or lithography, occasionally with additional colours, bound-in. Text illustrations. Tables, footnotes. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to each spine, old institutional stamps. In fine condition. Excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. Complete year run, 12 issues. Volume I, 1935, issues 508-513; Volume II, 1935, issues 514-519.

€ 240 --



88 (MINISTERIE VAN OORLOG). LICHAMELIJKE OPVOEDING IN MILITAIR VERBAND. DEEL I: THEORIE, Oefenvormen, Het nemen van hindernissen. (No 2700). Chef van de Generalen Staf, 1946.

12mo. Pp. 207. Plus folding chart bound at end as issued. With 230 halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Original wrappers. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps).

€ 40 --



89 NOIZET-SAINT-PAUL, Gaspard. Élémens de fortifications. A l’usage des officiers des etats-majors des armées, et mis a la portée des jeunes éleves des écoles militaires. I: Text; II: Plates. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, l’Ainé, 1811-12.

Three volumes bound in two. Crown octavo. I-II. Text Volume: two books, paginated consecutively, pp. vii, (i blank), 544; 545-806. With title-page to each book. Footnotes, side references to illustrations, tables. III. Plate Volume: 377 finely engraved illustrations, plans, and maps on 71 fold-out copperplates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half polished calf and marbled paper over boards, spines gilt-ruled, one restored, each with a crimson morocco label lettered and decorated in gilt. Red sprinkled edges. In a very good condition (sporadic spotting in text volume). A lovely set with all the wonderful copperplates in excellent state.

- - First edition. A remarkably detailed study of field fortification and engineering manual in one. While also dealing with history of fortification, mechanics, and construction, it is indeed a wonderfully illustrated manual on order of battle, field planning, siege, and defence, a “hochgeschätztes Lehrbuch” in Jähns words (III, 2812). Exceedingly scarce; OCLC records a single copy only, that in the US Military Academy at West Point. Another copy is in the library of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda.
€ 875 --



90 NORMAND, Robert. Préface du Général Hellot. Franchissement des fleuves, en présence de l’ennemi (technique et tactique). [River Crossings in the Presence of the Enemy: (Tactics and Technique)]. Paris, Fournier, 1924.

Royal octavo. Pp. 258. Plus numerous folding letterpress maps (one loose; one split along fold with no loss). Letterpress maps to the text. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, old shelf labels label to spine. In a very good condition (old military stamps). Overall an excellent copy.

- - First edition. Appeared in 1936 in English as “River Crossings in the Presence of the Enemy: (Tactics and Technique)”, published by the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Both editions are scarce. Of this edition, OCLC records only two copies worldwide: one at the Library of Congress, on at the University of Pittsburgh. Not a single copy of the English edition is recorded. KVK lists 5 copies only of the French edition i.e. in the Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries LIBRIS; the British Library; National Library of France; Library of Congress; Union Catalog of Canada; and Union Catalog Bavaria. Robert Normand (1873-1932).
€ 325 --



91 [ÖSTERREICHISCHEN BUNDESMINISTERIUM FÜR HEERWESEN]. MILITÄRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND TECHNISCHE MITTEILUNGEN. 57.-67. JAHRGANG, 1926-1936. [14 VOLUMES]. Wien, Österreichischen Bundesministerium für Heerwesen, 1926-36.

14 volumes. Thick royal octavo. Over 10,000 pages. Pp. 744; 798; 908; 912; 576; 577-1168; 608; 609-1216; 624; 986, liv; 548; 16, 549-1028; viii, 504; 16, 505-1000. Plus a large number of folding maps and battle plans, many in colour, some with semitransparent overlays; technical illustrations, plans and diagrams, several panoramic views, a 9-panel fold-out illustrated supplement, all bound-in. Illustrated with numerous photographs, drawings, maps, sketches, tables, diagrams, many printed on different paper. With numerous contemporary illustrated advertisements. Hardcover, bound in half cloth and paper-covered boards (not necessarily uniform), various labels, stamps. In fine condition. Overall an excellent interior, exceptionally clean, with most folding maps, some of which are very large indeed, fresh and crisp, practically unused.

- - First edition. A total of about 10,000 pages, covering about a decade of this publication. The set contains the years 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 (2 volumes), 1931 (2 volumes), 1932, 1933, 1934 (2 volumes), 1936 (2 volumes). Exceedingly scarce set of important military publication.
€ 3500 --



92 OUDET, L. Radar and Collision: A Handbook for Mariners. London, Hollis & Carter, 1960.

Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 89. With 36 illustrations to text. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s navy blue cloth, shelf label to spine. Fine ex-lib copy from the Royal Marine Library of the Netherlands with the usual marks.

- - First English edition. Translated from Emploi du Radar (1959).
€ 20 --



93 PALOQUE, J. L’Artillerie dans la bataille. [Encyclopédie scientifique]. Paris, Doin, 1912.

Crown 8vo. Pp. xi, 453, xii. Plus one extending map; 14 line-drawn illustrations. Hardcover, original decorated cloth, printed in red and brown, with remnants of shelf label to spine (crack to lower inner hinge). In a very good condition (old military stamps).

First edition.
€ 22 --



94 PALOQUE, J. L’Artillerie dans la bataille. [Encyclopédie scientifique]. Paris, Doin, 1912.

Crown 8vo. Pp. xi, 453, xii. Plus one extending map; 14 line-drawn illustrations. Hardcover, original decorated cloth, printed in red and brown, with shelf label to spine. Very good condition. (Upper inner hinge cracked; military stamps and markings, upper board bit soiled.)

First edition.
€ 19 --



95 PASTEUR, J. D. Handboek voor de officieren van het korps ingenieurs, mineurs en sappeurs. Volumes I-II. Zutphen, Thieme, 1825-26.

Two volumes (of 3). Octavo. Pp. x, 394, (6) publisher’s catalogue; vi, 392, (2) errata, (2) publisher’s catalogue. Plus two fold-out engraved plate with technical illustrations, one to each volume. Footnotes, tables. Volume II mostly still unopened. Hardcover, contemporary quarter polished calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with neat manuscript shelf-label to each. In a very fine condition. (Old institutional stamp and bookplate to each volume.) Handsome two volumes, exceptionally well preserved.

First edition. A useful handbook for combat and field engineers, built as an encyclopaedic lexicon with terms appearing in Dutch, French, and German; text in Dutch. Volume I covers entries A-J; volume II: K- R. Lacks a 3rd volume, covering S-Z.
€ 220 --



96 PERCIN, Général [Alexandre]. Cinq Années d’Inspection. Paris, Chapelot, 1912.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. xxiv, 647. Plus 20 halftone illustrations of battlefield situations, heightened in red crayon as issued, printed on 8 folding sheets loosely inserted in rear pocket. Original printed wrappers, upper wrapper bit chipped, brittle, stamps to prelims. In fine condition. An excellent copy.

- - First edition. The illustrations are of particular visual merit, being reproductions of sketches made by officers while in the field. All 20 are present, as called for. General Alexandre Percin, 1846-1928. Exceedingly scarce. OCLC records just a single copy worldwide, that in the Hollis Catalog in the Harvard University Library. No record in OLIS and Bodleian, nor in KVK. COPAC lists one copy only, that in the British Library.
€ 650 --



97 PETIT, W. L. de, and H. C. Brandt. Gids voor militie- en schutterij-officieren der infanterie. ’s-Gravenhage, Van Cleef, 1887.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 197, (1) blank, (2) corrections, verso blank. Plus 15 illustrations and maps, several of which are folding lithographs (one in colour) printed on different paper, bound in. Footnotes. Appendices. Hardcover, original green cloth blind ruled, upper cover gilt. In a very good condition. (Title-page browned, sporadic spotting.) Handsome copy.

€ 75 --



98 PFEIFER, Hauptmann Waldemar. Entwurf eines Exerzierreglements für die Infanterie. Berlin, Eisenschmidt, 1921.

Small 8vo. Pp. 212. Plus 4 pages of publisher’s ads. With numerous line-drawn illustrations and plans (several full-page). Letterpress device to verso of title. Set in Gothic type. Original ochre wrappers, printed in black. Good condition. (Old shelf labels to spine, faint stamp to cover, various institutional stamps and marks to prelims, one leaf a bit soiled.) Else well preserved and little-used copy.

First edition.
€ 125 --



99 REICHARDT, Major. Der Pionierdienst. Berlin, Göschen, 1914.

Small octavo. Pp. 152. Plus 32 pages of publisher’s catalogue. With printed front endpapers, 148 line-drawn illustrations to the text; index. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original mustard yellow cloth, lettered in black. In fine condition. (Old signature to cover and title, label.) A lovely copy.

First edition. Examines in detail numerous aspects of military engineering.
€ 125 --



100 [REICHSKRIEGSMINISTERIUM; GENERALSTABE DES HEERES.] MILITÄRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU. 1936-1939. FOUR VOLUMES. BERLIN, Mittler, 1936-39.

24 parts in 4 volumes. Plus all Special Issues (Sonderheftes). Crown quarto. Pp. 824; 850, 56; 24, 790, 56; 722, 22. Plus numerous folding maps and battle plans printed on different paper, many in colour, bound-in or loosely inserted. Maps in the text. Hardcover, first 3 volumes uniformly bound in red cloth gilt; fourth volume bound in half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, with original printed wrappers bound-in. In about fine condition. (Some stamps.) Excellent set.

First edition. The first four volumes of the series.
€ 140 --



101 ROHRBECK, Major. Taktik: Ein Handbuch auf Grund der Erfahrungen des Weltkrieges. Berlin, Mittler, 1919.

Royal 8vo. Pp. viii, 402. Text illustrations. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original cloth-backed light blue boards, printed in red. Fair. (Loosening in binding.) Good reading copy, internally very clean.

First edition.
€ 25 --



102 (ROTC MANUAL). SMALL UNIT TACTICS, including Communications. General Military Science, Course III-I, the ROTC Manual for Senior Division Army Units. [FIRST EDITION]. Harrisburg, Military Service Publishing, 1953.

8vo. Pp. 470. Profusely illustrated throughout with halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Index. Original printed wrappers. Very good condition. (Military institutions stamps, labels.) Nice, clean copy.

The very scarce first edition.
€ 30 --



103 SCHILLING, D. H. (Editor). Mavors. Maandschrift voor officieren en reserve-officieren voor vaandrigs en kornetten. Een-en-twintigste [21e] jaargang, 1927. Arnhem, “Mavors”, 1927.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. xii, 564. Plus ca. 300pp. of supplementary material, half of which consists of commercial advertisements. Illustrated with sketch-maps, plans, diagrams, etc. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old military stamps to prelims. In a very good condition.

- - 21e jaargang. The numerous commercial advertisements and articles provide an interesting, rare review of the period.
€ 160 --



104 SCHILLING, D. H. (Editor). Mavors. Maandschrift voor officieren en reserve-officieren voor vaandrigs en kornetten. Twee-en-twintigste [22e] jaargang, 1928. Arnhem, “Mavors”, 1928.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. xii, 564. Plus ca. 300pp. of supplementary material, half of which consists of commercial advertisements. Illustrated with sketch-maps, plans, diagrams, etc. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old military stamps to prelims. In overall fine condition.

- - 22e jaargang. The numerous commercial advertisements and articles provide an interesting, rare review of the period.
€ 160 --



105 SCHILLING, D. H. (Editor). Mavors. Maandschrift voor officieren en reserve-officieren voor vaandrigs en kornetten. Vier-en-twintigste [24e] jaargang, 1930. Arnhem, “Mavors”, 1930.

Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 564. Illustrated with sketch-maps, plans, diagrams, etc. Hardcover, bound in the original full cloth, blue lettering to cover and spine, old stamps to prelims. In overall fine condition.

- - 24e jaargang.
€ 120 --



106 SCHILLING, D. H. (Editor). Mavors. Maandschrift voor officieren van reserve, militie, landweer en weerbaarheid. Tweede [2e] jaargang, 1908. Rotterdam, Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1908.

Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 576. Plus several appendixes, not included in the pagination. Folding plates (one with tear in margin), maps, and plans. Illustrated with photographs and engraved sketch-maps, plans, diagrams, weaponry, etc., some of which are full-page. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old military stamps to prelims. In overall fine condition.

- - 2e jaargang. Bound with supplementary corrections and regulations: Wijzigingen: Gegevens voor de Vesting-Artillerie; Wijzigingen in het voorschrift betreffende de legerplaats bij Harskamp (1903); Wijzigingen in het Voorschrift betreffende Manoeuvres en Kaderoefeningen door verschillende wapens (1904); etc.
€ 220 --



107 SCHILLING, D. H. (Editor); J. C. van den Belt; S. J. C. Oly. Mavors. Maandschrift voor verlofsofficieren en voor leden van het reserve-kader. Vijfde [5e] jaargang, 1911. [BOUND WITH:] De Fransche manoeuvres in Picardië (1910). [BOUND WITH:] Automatische Handvuurwapenen. Velp, “Mavors”, 1911.

Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 532; 32; 48. Plus many folding plates, maps, and plans. Illustrated with photographs and engraved sketch-maps, plans, diagrams, weaponry, etc., many of which are full-page. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf label to spine, old military stamps to prelims. In overall fine condition.

- - 5e jaargang. Bound with 2 supplementary volumes: “De Fransche manoeuvres in Picardië (1910)”; and “Automatische Handvuurwapenen”.
€ 220 --



108 SCHLICHTING, von. Taktische und strategische Grundsätze der Gegenwart. Volume I: Die Taktik der Waffen im Lichte der Heeresvorschriften. Volume II: Truppenführung: Die Operationen. Volume III: Truppenführung: Die Taktik im Dienste Operationen. Volumes I-III. Berlin, Mittler, 1897-99.

Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 194; viii, 272; vi, 282. Plus 4 (large) folding lithograph maps and plans bound at end, one printed in 2 colours. With some illustrations in the text. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. In a very good condition. (Some stamps; some pencil annotations.) Overall an excellent copy with a crisp set of fine cartography.

Second edition. Von Schlichting commanded the 1st Badischen Leib-Grenadier-Regiments 109 before becoming General of the Infantry.
€ 125 --



109 SCHWARZ, Herbert. Gefechtsformen der Infanterie und ihre Entwicklung in Mitteleuropa. Ein Beitrag zur Heereskunde. I: Text; II: Plates. [Die Zinnfigur]. [TWO VOLUMES]. München, 1962.

Two volumes. Quarto. Text Volume: Pp. 192, (1) errata. Illustrated. Bibliography. Hardcover, original cloth-backed illustrated boards. Plate Volume: 156 (but in practice 160) plans and drawings on single- and fold-out sheets, these stored in original printed card case. Drawing 12 appears as a double-page table in the text volume. This set contains extra 3 drawings and in total 160. Drawing 34 provided in facsimile on archival paper. In fine condition. (Map case somewhat rubbed with short splits at spine folds.) Overall an excellent copy.

- - First edition. Appeared as a Special Issue of the magazine “Die Zinnfigur”. With a dedication by the author.
€ 130 --



110 SCHWARZ, Herbert. Gefechtsformen der Infanterie und ihre Entwicklung in Mitteleuropa. Ein Beitrag zur Heereskunde. I: Text; II: Plates. [Die Zinnfigur]. [TWO VOLUMES]. München, 1962.

Two volumes. Quarto. Text Volume: Pp. 192, (1) errata. Illustrated. Bibliography. Hardcover, original cloth-backed illustrated boards. Plate Volume: 156 (but in practice 160) plans and drawings on single- and fold-out sheets, these stored in original printed card case. Drawing 12 appears as a double-page table in the text volume. This set contains extra 3 drawings and in total 160. Drawing 6 provided in facsimile on archival paper. In fine condition. (Map case somewhat rubbed.) Overall an excellent copy.

- - First edition. Appeared as a Special Issue of the magazine “Die Zinnfigur”. ADDED: Illustrated booklet promoting Herbert Schwarz’s “Gefechtsformen der Infanterie in Europa durch 800 Jahre”.
€ 130 --



111 SELLIERS DE MORANVILLE, Lieutenant-Général de. Anvers relié à la haute mer par territoire belge et libéré de l’ingérence étrangère: Essai sur une Communication directe du Port d’Anvers avec les grandes profondeurs de la Mer du Nord par territoire exclusivement belge. Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1929.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 140. Plus one folding map bound after prelims, and 23 line-drawn illustrations printed on one folding sheet bound at rear; appendices. Original printed wrappers. Uncut. In good condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks to cover and prelims, shelf label to spine, label and withdrawal stamp to inside of lower cover, spine ends scuffed, some splitting.) Internally very good.

First edition.
€ 15 --



112 SMEKAL, Gustav. Artilleristischer Aufklärungsdienst. In zwei Beispielen applicatorisch behandelt. Mit drei Beilagen und fünf im Texte enthaltenen Skizzen. Wien & Leipzig, Seidel, 1900.

Octavo. Pp. 81. Plus 3 folding lithograph maps (one in colour) loosely inserted in pocket at rear as issued. With 5 full-page maps, charts. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, shelf label to spine, crack to first inner hinge. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps and marks). Overall an excellent copy.

- - First edition. Rare. KVK locates just 2 copies, in Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and in Bibliothèque nationale de France. Not in Union Catalog Austria; Die Österreichischen Landesbibliotheken; nor in Verbundkatalog öffentlicher Bibliotheken. Not in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Not a single copy in OCLC worldwide.
€ 220 --



113 SNIJDERS, C. J. (with J. H. A. Mijsberg). Handboek der Pionierkunst voor het Nederlandsche Leger. [12 Parts in 7 Volumes]. [SIGNED]. Schiedam, Roelants, 1880-94.

12 parts in 7 volumes. Complete. With over 1500 lithographic illustrations. Crown octavo. Pp. Volume I, Part I: iv, 46, (2) blank, plus 11 lithograph plates; Part II: iv, 43, (1) blank, plus 13 lithograph plates; Part III: iii, (i) blank, 36, plus 8 lithograph plates; Part IV: v, 68, plus 16 lithograph plates. Volume II, Part V: iv, 49, (1) blank, plus 14 lithograph plates; Part VI: viii, (ii), 108, plus 32 lithograph plates. Volume III, Part VIIa: iv, 50, plus 8 lithograph plates; Part VIIb: viii, 103, (1) blank, plus 17 lithograph plates. Volume IV, Part VIII: 116, viii, plus 20 lithograph plates; Part IX: vi, 140, plus 18 lithograph plates and a large folding table. Volume V, Part X: viii, 181, plus 30 lithograph plates. Volume VI, Part XI: xii, 142, (2) verso blank, plus 37 lithograph plates, of which 4 fold-out. Volume VII, Part XII: x, 166, plus 29 lithograph plates. Half-titles. Footnotes, appendices, tables. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary quarter vellum and boards, with the original printed wrappers bound-in; covers lettered in letterpress, a spine in manuscript. In a very fine condition. (Light pencil marginalia here and there in neat contemporary hand.) Excellent set in exceptionally fine state of preservation, with numerous leaves still unopened.

- - First edition, signed. Each of the 12 volumes is signed by the author. Complete, with all 253 lithograph plates present as called for, bringing together a voluminous visual collection with a total of over 1,500 exceptionally fine, numbered illustrations. Several Dutch lithographers joined forces to produce this large number of plates, and we managed to identify two: the firm Döhrn in Rotterdam, and this of A. Bogaerts in Breda, who from 1881 produced the great majority of the work. The 12 volumes cover in minute detail the task, duty, and technique of the field engineer and tracker, dealing with materials, earthwork, encampment, field fortification, entrenchment, the construction of various bridges (floating, roller, rafts, footbridge, cage, etc.), communication, mine laying and clearing, and more. The last volume serves as a summary. J. H. A. Mijsberg contributed to the last two volumes. The author, General Cornelis Jacobus Snijders (1852-1939), studied military engineering at the Royal Military Academy in Breda, graduating as Second Lieutenant of the Korps Ingenieurs, Mineurs en Sappeurs. As General he became on July 31, 1914 the Chief of the General Staff of the Dutch military, commanding both army and navy in the eve of the First World War. In 1932, at the age of 80, he entered politics, becoming head of the right wing, antidemocratic Verbond voor Nationaal Herstel party. Snijders was a prolific writer. Together with R. Dufour, he published in 1927 a thorough study of the outbreak of the First World War, a work which was critisized as pro-German. He wrote several important military study books and published regularly in “De Militaire Spectator” and “De Ingenieur”. Among his most important studies of fortification and field engineering are “Veldversterkingskunst” (Breda, 1899); and “Duurzame en tijdelijke versterkingskunst” (Breda, 1901). Together with J. Mijsberg he published a three-volume later-edition of the “Handboek der pionierkunst” (Schiedam, 1903-1908). A lovely set of an important, thorough manual of military engineering, extensively illustrated, preserved in excellent state. Single volumes are scarce; a complete set is very rare and seldom seen. The library of the Legermuseum in Delft has only the first 4 volumes in its collection, and they are of the 2nd edition. Also the Bibliotheek Koninklijke Militaire Academie, Breda, records in all the Ministry of Defence’s libraries in the Netherlands several copies of different editions but not a single complete set of any edition as such. Both OCLC and KVK do not record a single copy worldwide. Not in the National Library of the Netherlands, OLIS, nor Bodleian.
€ 1125 --



114 SOTHEN, Otto von. Vom Kriegswesen im 19. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, Teubner, 1904.

Crown 8vo. Pp. 138. Plus 2 pages of publisher’s ads. With 9 line-drawn maps (some of which full- or double-page); index. Printed endpapers, letterpress device to title. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original decorated maroon cloth. Very good condition. (Old institutional stamps and marks, shelf label to cover.) Else a well preserved and little-used copy.

First edition.
€ 25 --



115 STEGEMANN, Hermann. Der Krieg: Sein Wesen und seine Wandlung. Volumes I-II. [NAZI REICHSKOMMISSAR COPY]. Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1939-40.

Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 497; xii, 528. Frontispiece. With many maps and plans, some full-page or folding. Indices. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, uniformly bound in original buckram, lettering embossed in light blue and red, spines with red dye labels and white lettering in relief, numbered and lettered in light blue. Top edge dyed red. In fine condition. A very handsome set in excellent condition and crisp maps.

First edition, 11th to 15th Thousand. Scarce set from the library of the Nazi Reich Commissioner to Occupied Netherlands. Each volume is ink stamped on front- and back free flyleaf with a round emblem depicting Nazi eagle and swastika, with the inscription: “Der Reichskommissar für die besetzten niederländischen Gebiete.” At least one more such stamp inside each volume, on a text leaf. ADDED: Loosely inserted a four-page contemporary publisher’s catalogue, set in Gothic type and printed in red and black, fine. A rare collectible copy, very well preserved, from the Nazi occupation of Europe period.
€ 175 --



116 STOCK, Klaus. Der Dienst in der Kompanie. Berlin, Mittler, 1937.

Octavo. Pp. viii, 230. Text illustrations, tables, appendices. Set in Gothic type. Original orange-red printed wrappers, with old decorated military stamp to upper cover. In a very good condition. Nice copy.

- - First edition.
€ 225 --



117 STOLLBERGER, R. Kampfschule für Infanterie: Erläutert an Beispielen. Volumes I-V. Vol. I: Gruppe und Zug; Vol. II: Kompanie; Vol. III: Bataillon und Regiment; Vol. IV: Nachtübungen; Vol. V: Patrouillendienst und Handstreiche. [FIVE VOLUMES IN FOUR]. Berlin, Offene Worte, 1922-24.

Five volumes bound in 4. Duodecimo. Pp. 150, (2) publisher’s ads; 83; 116; 160. Plus 4 large lithographed maps, each folded in pocket at rear of each volume. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers lettered in red, little sunned, shelf labels to spines. In a very good condition (old institutional stamps). Overall an excellent set, crisp maps.

- - First edition. A scarce survival of a rather economically produced set.
€ 225 --



118 TETTAU, [Eberhard] Freiherr von. Die russische Armee in Einzelschriften. Theil I: Taktik und Reglements. Heft 1: Das Gefecht der russischen Infanterie. Auf Grund des Exerzir-Reglements vom Jahre 1897 bearbeitet. Mit Abbildungen im Text. Berlin, Liebel, 1899.

Octavo. Pp. 91, (8) publisher’s catalogue. Illustrated. Footnotes. Original printed wrappers, stamped and labeled. In a very good condition.

- - First edition, first volume in the work. Exceedingly scarce. OCLC locates just 4 incomplete runs worldwide. Von Tettau published in 1892 “Die Kasaken-Herre” (The Cossack Armies).
€ 120 --



119 (U.S.A. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY). ARTILLERY SOUND RANGING AND FLASH RANGING: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL FM 6-122. WASHINGTON, Department of the Army, 1957.

8vo. Pp. 243. With numerous illustrations, halftones, plans and diagrams, charts, tables. Appendices, index. Original printed wrappers. Very good condition. (Old military stamps.)

A guide for artillerymen in the techniques of sound- and flash ranging in both atomic and non-atomic warfare.
€ 25 --



120 (U.S.A. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY). FIELD ARTILLERY GUNNERY: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL FM 6-40. WASHINGTON, Department of the Army, 1950.

8vo. Pp. iv, 495. Plus one extended chart. With numerous illustrations, halftones, plans and diagrams, charts, tables. Appendices, glossary, definition of terms, index. Original printed wrappers. Very good condition. (Covers bit rubbed; few leaves with light underlining, notations.)

A thorough study of the principles of field artillery gunnery, covering the technique of conduct of artillery fire on ground targets.
€ 28 --



121 VAUTHIER, Lieutenant Colonel. Le danger aérien et l’avenir du pays. Nancy, Berger Levrault, 1930.

Royal 8vo. Pp. 386. Plus 2 folding maps and 2 halftone plates printed on different paper bound in the text. With another 13 line-drawn plans and illustrations; footnotes, bibliography. Original printed wrappers. Uncut, many leaves unopened. Very good condition. (Single institutional stamp and numbering to cover, spine and extremities bit sunned.) Little used copy, internally fine.

First edition. With a fascinating, pre computer-age, three-dimensional bird’s-eye view impression of Paris’ centre.
€ 70 --



122 VERDY DU VERNOIS, J. von. Studien über Truppen-Führung. Volumes I-II, Parts I-VII. Berlin, Mittler, 1873-75.

Seven parts in two volumes. Octavo. Pp. Volume I: 85, 6; 80; 140; 88. Volume II: 146; 139; 130. Plus 17, mostly lithographed, maps and plans, some in colour, on 15 sheets, loosely inserted in rear pockets. Text figures. Footnotes. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, with matching shelf labels. In a very good condition. (Old stamps; foot of spines chipped.) Nice, clean copies.

Second edition.
€ 145 --



123 VILLE, Antoine de. [Deville]. La Fortification du Sieur Antoine de Ville, ou l’Ingenieur parfait... [Les Fortifications du Chevalier Antoine de Ville]. Amsterdam/Paris, 1672.

Octavo. Pp. (12), 381, (19). Engraved frontispiece plate. Title-page with decorative device, elaborate calligraphic signature in contemporary hand; verso printed. With a total of 54 etched illustrations and folding plates, numbered 1-53, skipping no. 28 as issued, with plate 1b included, plus one unnumbered plate. Decorative initials and tail-pieces. Side notes, extended index. Hardcover, contemporary full speckled calf, spine in 6 compartments between raised bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece to the second, remainder each with gilt floral motif within gilt decorated frame. Red sprinkled edges. In about fine condition (some figures penned onto front paste down). A very handsome copy in excellent state of preservation.

- - In this famous work de Ville (1596-1656 or 1657) concentrates on basic designs as starting point for detailed examination of practical questions, showing how established principles have to be adapted to the practical exigencies of any actual site. He discusses in detail matters such as length of line defence, length of flanks, casemates, size of the bastions, etc. Doing this, he quotes continually from existing practice, acknowledging this as a a matter of fact. Noteworthy, de Ville himself produced the fine, clear illustrations for the book. “Antoine de Ville, der 1596 zu Toulouse geboren, gegen die Hugenotten, wie im dreißigjährigen Kriege focht und mit 32 Jahren einen Traité de Fortification (Lyon 1628) herausgab. Diese Arbeit erhob nicht den Anspruch, eine neue Manier zu bieten, wohl aber und mit Recht den, die üblichen Formen und gute Beobachtungen eines Praktikers festzustellen. Denn so jung der Verfasser auch war: er hatte bereits wichtigen Belagerungen beigewohnt und viel gesehen.” - Jähns, 1107. The 1672 Amsterdam edition, based on the Paris 1666 edition, was the last one to appear. The imprint on the engraved frontispiece, this of Abraham Wolfgang, Amsterdam, is dated 1675; exactly as in all four and only copies which are recorded in OCLC. Excellent copy. Rare.
€ 1100 --



124 VIOLLET -LE-DUC, (E.). Histoire d’une forteresse. Paris, Hetzel, n.d. (1874?).

Royal octavo. Pp. 368. Plus 33 (engraved) plates, 8 of which are in colour including frontispiece, all printed on heavy paper. With another 52 (engraved) illustrations to the text the total of numbered illustrations is 85. There is, however, one extra, unnumbered illustration at the end. Engraved vignette to title-page. Glossary of related terms. Hardcover, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. Ex-lib copy good condition. (Stamps, labels, shelf-mark punched on spine.)

One of Viollets’ most endearing works, a fictional history of French fortification from the earliest times to after the 1870-71 war. Viollet has illustrated the work himself, a curious mixture of technical detail and romantic-historic scenes, a style he seems to have mastered.
€ 55 --



125 WESLING, M. De landstorm-man. Handleiding voor den soldaat bij de landstorm, zoowel vrijwillig als verplicht en voor den milicien, tevens gids voor hen die zich willen bekwamen voor korporaal. Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, n.d.

Crown octavo. Pp. (iv), 100, (4). Advertisements to verso of half-title. With 16 figures demonstrating bayonet fighting; text illustrations, maps. Original illustrated card wrappers. In a very good condition (kight spotting to wrappers; spine discreetly strengthened). Neat, very handsome copy.

- - First edition.
€ 125 --

 

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