Carl Clausewitz: Signed (3 results)

Gr.-8°, Leinen. 251 Seiten. Cloth with dust jacket. With dedication of the traslater James W. Davis. A very good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

8°, Hardcover/Pappeinband. 136 Seiten. (eine 11-zeilige datierte Widmung von ehem. Schuldirektor Georg Mildenberger u. Lehrer Prof. Schneble / KFG Heidelberg und Schulstempel auf Vorsatz. ) Buchrücken lichtrandig. Einband leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Sonst gut erhalten. 981 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 241 6. Aufl. ( eine 11-zeilige datierte Widmung von ehem. Schuldirektor Georg Mildenberger / KFG Heidelberg u. Lehrer Prof. Schneble und Schulstempel auf Vorsatz ).…

First and only contemporary edition of the first Spanish translation of Clausewitz, presentation copy inscribed by one of the translators at the head of the prologue: "A mi primer coronel hoy entusiasta é ilustrado general Don Joaquín Milans del Bosch, Abilio Barbero." Scarce, with just two locations recorded on WorldCat (Biblioteca Nacional de España and Universidad Complutense de Madrid). In 1908, two students of the Escuela Superior, first lieutenants Abilio Barbero and Juan Seguí, published a partial translation of On War, selecting passages they considered most relevant to contemporary Spanish military debate in the aftermath of the "Disaster of 1898". While Clausewitz was frequently cited in Spanish military education, his work was often criticized for failing to provide the infantry-focused and colonial guidance sought by officers engaged in Morocco; a complete Spanish translation did not appear until the Second World War (Baquer, pp. 313-14). Barbero (1881-1940) entered the army in 1898, rose to colonel by 1925, and served with distinction in the Rif War, later becoming chief of staff of the Third General Inspectorate. His co-translator Seguí (1888-1936), formerly military attaché in Brussels and Paris, became a leading Falangist in Spanish Morocco and played a prominent role in the nationalist coup of July 1936, before being killed the following month. The recipient, Joaquín Milans del Bosch (1854-1936), had a long and controversial career, serving in the Third Carlist War, the Philippines, and later as captain general of Catalonia. Closely aligned with King Alfonso XIII and Miguel Primo de Rivera, he was responsible for the military suppression of the 1919 La Canadenca strike and later led an aggressive anti-Catalanist campaign. After the failure of the July 1936 coup, he remained in Madrid, where he was arrested and executed. With the armorial bookplate of his son-in-law, General José Serrano Rosales (1899-1993), bearing royalist and militant Catholic slogans and emblems, underscoring the political and ideological milieu in which the volume was preserved. Miguel Alonso Baquer, "Clausewitz, Spain and the 21st Century", in Reiner Pommerin, (ed.), Clausewitz Goes Global: Carl von Clausewitz in the 21st Century, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Clausewitz Gesellschaft, 2011. Octavo (217 x 145 mm). Quarter pale streaked sheep, red morocco labels, pale grey morocco-grain cloth, grey marbled endpapers, edges lightly sprinkled grey. Small press-mark tickets to front pastedown and half-title. A little rubbed, headcap a touch scuffed. paper flaw crease to the title page, contents lightly marginally toned, overall very good.…