Brigadier General Edward (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+ binding. Octavo. xvi, 274 pp. Bound as issued in blue cloth with title in gold on the front cover and spine; evidence of moisture exposure to the bottom of both boards; small unobtrusive tideline on the endpaper at the hinge; top edge stained; previous owner name and stamp on the front free endpaper; all maps present as called for, most in-text but many folding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hossein Behzad Miniatur (illustrator). Large hardcover in excellent condition: slight handling, slight corner wear, bump of upper back corner tip, light slipcase wear. Text in English, Persian and Arabic, with beautiful color illustrations throughout. Bookstore sticker on the first page, gift inscription on the fourth page, otherwise unmarked. 1976 reprinting. [3.4 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1900. Hardcover. 8vo., Former owner's inscription .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Volumes II and III are ex-library copies, from same library, Volume I apparently married to these to complete the set as Vol. I is not ex-lib and in very good condition. Spine cloth background faded with black call numbers on spines of volumes II and III. Contents clean on all three; 2956 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First edition of the Military Memoirs Of A Confederate: A Critical Narrative by Confederate Brigadier General Edward Porter Alexander. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, xviii, [2], 634pp. Dark green cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Black endpapers. Light wear to heel of the spine, faint soiling to covers. Complete with a frontispiece portrait, two illustrated plates, numerous in-text maps and a fold-out map of the "Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia." Solid text block, internally clean. A second edition of this work was published in 1910. (Tall Cotton, 1) (Nevins I, 50) (Eicher, 174) (Howes, A114) Includes an ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper, dated 1907. Edward Porter Alexander (1835 - 1910) was born in Georgia and graduated from West Point in 1857. During the war, Alexander gained distinction as an artillery officer, playing a key role in several major battles. His most notable service was at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he oversaw the massive artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge, one of the war's most famous assaults. Alexander's skills in artillery deployment and his innovative use of signal flags for communication significantly impacted Confederate military tactics. He continued to serve with distinction throughout the war, participating in the Seven Days Battles, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville, before surrendering with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in 1865. In retirement, he wrote this book on his military experiences, which has been called "a superb history of Lee's army" and "the best critique for operations of the Army of Northern Virginia." An unpublished memoir, intended for his family, was discovered, and published in 1989, titled "Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander." From Tall Cotton: "A hard-hitting, authoritative narrative by one of Lee's finest young officers. The artillerist's assessments of the military operations of the Army of Northern Virginia are honest, fair, and sound.".

1p., 4to. 30 typed lines, with the last two lines in autograph. In good condition, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Brett-James is addressed as 'Head of Department, War Studies & International Affairs, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst'. He begins by explaining why he cannot attend a conference at Sandhurst: 'On the morning of the 11th, The Queen is coming to open the fourth and latest housing estate of The Scottish Trust for the Physically Disabled, of which I am the Chairman, in Edinburgh, and I must obviously be there: still more so because (although I had no hand in this) it is to be named after my wife, who established the Trust in 1972, and who was killed in an accident four months ago'. He praises the conferences 'programme and cast of lecturers': 'Incidentally, I have read Ronald Lewin's book on Wavell in typescript, and in my view it is as good as anything he has done.' The Oxford University Press, 'in its mercy', has given him 'a year's grace' over the delivery of the typescript of his anthology. 'Furthermore, I have been given lodgings in a Grace & Favour house in London, which will enable me to spend all next winter there, with easy access to libraries.' He praises Sandhurst Library as 'one of the best organised and most congenial to work in', and hopes 'to spend some time there during the winter months, using it as a quarry'. He asks if Brett-James and his staff could 'keep a weather eye lifting for possible material', being 'a great believer in Serendipity'.

2pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition on aged paper, with 2 cm closed tear. Addressed to 'Mrs Crofton Vandeleur' and dated 'Antigua April 20th 1807.' Headed 'Duplicate', and in a neat secretarial hand, but with the genuine signatures of 'Edward Byam | President of the Council' and 'Jno. Taylor | Speaker of the Assembly'. The document begins: 'In Compliance with the Resolutions of the Council, and Assembly, of this Island, We have the Honour to transmit to You, the inclosed Extract from the Journals of the two Houses on the 26th of last Month, expressive of the Respect, and Gratitude which they entertain of the Zeal, and Attention of the late Brigadier General Vandeleur, to the Defence of this Colony in Times of imminent Danger [.]'.