[Stuttgart].
Seewald, [1965].
First edition.
8vo.
258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 30671
Comprised of:
- 10 Christmas/calling cards addressed to Miksche from various acquaintances.
- A T.L.S., dated 19th June, 1958, from Morley Kennerley (1902-1985) of Faber and Faber regarding publication fees for one of Miksche's books.
-A T.L.S., dated 18th April, 1959, from American Army officer Lauris Norstad (1907-1988) thanking Miksche for furnishing him with a copy of his book The Failure of Atomic Strategy (New ... More > £ 900.00 Antiquates Ref. 29234
- 10 Christmas/calling cards addressed to Miksche from various acquaintances.
- A T.L.S., dated 19th June, 1958, from Morley Kennerley (1902-1985) of Faber and Faber regarding publication fees for one of Miksche's books.
-A T.L.S., dated 18th April, 1959, from American Army officer Lauris Norstad (1907-1988) thanking Miksche for furnishing him with a copy of his book The Failure of Atomic Strategy (New ... More > £ 900.00 Antiquates Ref. 29234
London.
Printed by C. Roworth...for T. Egerton, 1808.
First edition.
8vo.
xxiv, With an engraved frontispiece and a further 12 engraved plates. Uncut in modern navy-half calf, grey cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, plates browned. With a contemporary single leaf broadside of the rule and regulations of the Acrotormentarian Society of Riflemen tipped-in to RFEP More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 30528
London.
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858.
First edition.
8vo.
291pp, [1]. With three engraved folding plates and a tipped-in errata slip. Modern green calf, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, manuscript 'J." to title page, leaves browned and spotted. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 30530
[Stuttgart].
Seewald, [1965].
First edition.
8vo.
258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 30670
Stuttgart.
Seewald, [1983].
First edition.
8vo.
432pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'To my darling daughter Olga C. Clark from her loving Daddy Paris, 15.1.1984'. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 30674
London.
Faber and Faber, [1959].
First British edition.
8vo.
224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Remnants of printed paper dustwrapper loosely inserted. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, pencil inscription in the author's hand to recto of FFEP: 'Not to be taken away! / For Mummy & Olga / Miksche'. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 30683
Edinburgh and London.
William Blackwood and Sons, 1897.
First edition.
8vo.
vi, 236, 32pp. With a half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative brown cloth. Later recased, modern endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Bookplate to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30685
London.
Printed by J. Hartnell, 1824.
8vo.
[2], 68, vii pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, some surface loss to bowed boards. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30682
[London].
Printed by R. G. Clarke, [1808].
8vo.
234pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, later black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30692
[London].
[s.n.], 1807.
8vo.
[2], 323pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30691
[London].
[s.n.], 1803.
8vo.
109pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30690
London.
Printed for George Nicol, 1793.
First edition in English.
Quarto.
[3], vi-xxxv, [1], 366pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting, spine dulled. Early bookplate of Viscount Donne and later armorial bookplate of P. A. H. Muschamp to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 22978
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., 1843?]
Dimensions 230 x 90 mm.
Brown card with embossed ornamental border, white, gilt-edged, card onlay decorated with a depiction of Nelson’s final flag semaphore signal. Manuscript inscription to verso: 'Presented to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel, with Mr. P. Scott's best compliments. Norwich. Oct. 21st, 1843'. More >
£ 300.00
Antiquates Ref. 30304
London.
Forster Groom & Co., 1903.
Revised edition.
Dimensions 360 x 560mm, folded to 100 x 146 mm.
Folding chart, mounted on linen and pasted into original publisher's cloth boards, paper lettering-piece. A little rubbed and marked, some splitting to joints of boards, some darkening to lettering-piece; the folding chart itself is remarkably clean but for a single pencilled correction, and slight occasional lifting from the linen backing at folds. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 30272
[London].
[The War Office], [10th July, 1796]
Fourth edition.
8vo.
iv, 288pp, [4]. With a terminal leaf of errata. Uncut in original publisher's tan paper-backed marbled paper boards, printed lettering-piece to spine. Extremities marked and worn, boards held by cords only, surface loss to cracked spine, corners exposed. Recently dispersed from the Cottlesloe Military Library 'probably the most extensive private collection of early printed books focused on military matters', with the bookplate of Thomas Francis ... More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 30374
London.
Seeley and Co., 1900.
First edition.
8vo.
With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 25 plates. Original publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Early ink ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 30639
London.
John Murray, 1900.
First edition, second impression.
8vo.
[2], 349pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a folding map. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers browned, ink-stamp of A. J. Henderson to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 30636
London.
Smith, Elder & Co., 1872.
Second edition.
8vo.
[3], vi-xii, 492; [3], vi-xii, 396pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Alexander Balfour to FEPs, scattered spotting. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30634
London.
Smith, Elder and Co., 1858.
First edition.
8vo.
xvi, 439pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further four engraved plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Modern calf, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, occasional ink-stamps of the War Office, offsetting, scattered spotting. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 30524