The Siege and Capitulation. Pp. xiv+512, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 23 plates, 2 folding plans, 2 large folding coloured maps in pocket at end, appendix, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, cloth darkened at spine, lightly marked, edges slightly worn; uncut; hinges starting, book..... More
Pp. iv+82, frontispiece and 54 plates, folding illustration and map; demy 8vo; contemporary half red morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt & black, marbled papered boards; marbled edges and endpapers; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, occasional small tears in edges of leaves; Government Printing Office..... More
[Text in French, with Preface by Anatole France]. Pp. [64], text printed in red & black, numerous illustrations (mostly black & white, many full page); roy. 4to; black paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in red, with a large sepia pictorial onlay on the upper wrapper, the upper wrapper faintly creased..... More
Spezialberichte vom Kriegschaulplatz. Pp. 24(last blank), 12 plates, folding map at end; obl. cr. 4to; decorated paper wrappers, with title on red panel, stabbed and tied; two ownership stamps on the title page, fore-corners of leaves slightly creased, title page and map foxed; August Scherl, Berlin, 1904. First edition. *From..... More
With illustrations, maps and plans. In two volumes. I: Pp. xii+362+[2](colophon, blank)+16(publisher's advertisements), frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 16 plates, 16 full page maps and sketches (8 folding), large closed tear in one map; II: Pp. xii+388(last colophon)+16(publisher's advertisements), frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 16 plates, margins of one plate browned and..... More
The Siege of Port Arthur. Pp. xiv+210, 8 plates, 2 maps (1 double page), notes and bibliography, appendices, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards mottled; top edges red; dust wrapper, foxed and browned, tape repair on verso of wrapper at head and tail of backstrip..... More
Records of an eye-witness. Pp. xii+308, frontispiece and 15 plates, 4 folding maps, diary of the siege, appendices, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a little worn; upper and lower hinges starting, endpapers and leaves browned and foxed, small closed tears in edges of a...... More
lang2057 Various sizes, hand drawn in colour, some accompanied by modern printed maps and some notes in English. The Japanese text includes names of ships involved in battles, railway lines, war damage, casualties and progress of Japanese Army on different dates. 1. Text of Treaty of Saint Petersburg, 1875. 2..... More
Translated from the 2nd Russian edition by Erik Law-Gisiko. With an introduction by William Gerhardi. In two volumes. I: Pp. xii+468; II: Pp. [vi]+469-852; demy 8vo; qr. black cloth, printed labels to spines (that for Volume II chipped at top right hand corner), red papered boards, rubbed and lightly faded..... More
being Historical and Critical Comments on The Military Policy and Power of Russia and the Campaign in The Far East. Translated by Captain A. B. Lindsay, edited by Major E. D. Swinton. With maps and illustrations. In two volumes. I: Pp. xxxii+310(last blank)+[2](publisher's advertisements); II: Pp. viii+348+[4](publisher's advertisements, 2 frontispieces..... More
Naval letters series. Edited by Robert Seager II and Doris D. Maguire. In three volumes. Volume 1: 1847-1889; Volume II: 1890-1901; Volume III: 1902-1914, totalling more than 2,300 pages, 3 frontispieces, printed endpapers, appendices, index; super roy. 8vo; oatmeal cloth, spines blocked in black and lettered in gilt & black..... More
A personal record. Pp. xvi+408(last colophon), frontispiece, 23 plates, 3 folding coloured maps, appendix; demy 8vo; green cloth over bevelled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards quite mottled, edges lightly worn; t.e.g.; endpapers quite browned and offset, scattered light foxing, small tear in lower edge of one..... More
The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Pp. xiv+338, frontispiece portrait, 17 sketches in text, appendix, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lower edges very slightly rubbed, lower fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, browned and soiled, short creased split at foot of upper flap fold; endpapers lightly offset, edges of..... More
Translated by E. Louis Spiers. Pp. 88, large folding coloured map at end, with a detached tear at inner margin tape repaired, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered in gilt; split and chipped at head and tail of spine, the boards quite marked, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown..... More
[History of Eighty Years Reflecting on the End of Edo, Meiji and Taisho Periods. Text in Japanese]. A large album made up of profusely illustrated issues of the journal whose title translates into English as given above. It includes Volumes 11-15, 17 and 18 (without Volume 16), with original wrappers..... More
Pp. [iv]+xii+362+[4](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, tissue guard, 25 plates, 3 maps; post 8vo; maize cloth, lettered in navy, lightly browned and worn, small stain on upper board; upper and lower hinge cracking, leaves lightly browned, edges slightly marked; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1906. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David..... More
A narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's Fleet to Eastern Seas including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank incident. Translated by Major F. R. Godfrey. Pp. xvi+308(last colophon), note by Madame Politovsky, appendix; cr. 8vo; later green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; ownership name on upper..... More
Pp. xvi+284+[4](publisher's advertisements), 12 maps (4 folding); demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, spine faded, edges of boards lightly worn and bruised, small splits at head of spine, small tear in cloth at centre of upper board; hinge starting slightly at a couple of points..... More
Brightly coloured woodblock sheet showing head and shoulder portraits of two Russian and 22 Japanese military commanders and kabuki actors, each portrait in a uniform size square, designed to be cut out and made into a menko card by laying the portrait onto a small piece of card; [Tsukamoto Jusaburo]..... More
Journal of a Russian Prisoner's Wife in Japan. Pp. viii+360(last blank)+[4](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, 7 plates; cr. 8vo; decorated cloth, the spine and upper board flecked; endpapers lightly offset and foxed, upper half cut from a preliminary blank, hinge starting slightly at title page, leaves browned and lightly foxed, upper fore-corner..... More
The Russo-Japanese War in History and Imagery. Pp. [iv]+92, coloured and black & white text illustrations, coloured full page map; obl. post 4to; beige cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; MFA Publications, Boston, 2005. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label..... More
[cover title]. Large coloured folding map, in 32 panels, on linen (backing lightly soiled); 84 cm. x 115.5 cm. (unfolded size), 21 cm. x 14.5 cm. (folded size); brown cloth boards, with cream label printed in black on upper board, the spine faded, lightly frayed along joints; printed endpapers; published..... More
![Item #155038 LA RUSSIE ET LE JAPON. [cover title]. Baron Suyematsu](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/155038.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674620353)
Traduit par Frederic Pepin. Pp. 28; demy 8vo; printed stiff grey paper wrappers, stapled, the staples rusted, with portion of contents loose; leaves lightly browned; Probsthain & Co., London, 1904. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on verso of upper wrapper..... More
Pp. xii+356(last blank), index; demy 8vo; pictorial green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in black, gilt & white, spine and edges darkened, fore-corners slightly worn, top edge of upper board slightly bruised; uncut and mainly unopened; endpapers heavily offset and browned, foxing, mainly quite heavy to outer leaves..... More
Read before the Annual Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons, U.S.A. by S. Suzuki, Surgeon-General, Imperial Japanese Navy. Pp. 16(last blank); demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled (the staples rusted), the wrappers lightly marked and creased; lower fore-corner of leaves lightly chipped, leaves lightly soiled and creased (with first..... More