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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [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
[MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto]. [A cache of typed letters, greetings cards, and an autograph book featuring the signatures of prominent Allied commanders of the Second World War]. 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
A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN. Scloppetaria: or considerations on the nature and use of rifled barrel guns, with reference to their forming the basis of a permanent system of national defence, agreeable to the genius of the country. 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
DEANE, J[ohn]. Deanes' manual of the history and science of fire-arms. 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
MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [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
MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Moskaus indirekte Strategie: Erfolge und Niederlage. 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
GOUGH, General Sir Hugh. Old memories. 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
POLYAENUS. Polyaenus's stratagems of war; translated from the original greek. 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
[TRAFALGAR]. [A commemorative card headed 'Victory off Trafalgar']. [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
HARDINGE, Lt. H. R. von D.. The semaphore alphabet. With Letters and signs re-arranged so as to be more easily learnt. 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
[BRITISH ARMY]. List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of Fencible Cavalry and Infantry: of the officers of the militia; of the corps and troops of Gentlemen and Yeomanry; and of the corps and companies of Volunteer Infantry. [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
WARBURTON, Sir Robert. Eighteen years in the khyber: 1879-1898. 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
EDWARDES, Sir Herbert Benjamin. MERIVALE, Herman. Life of sir henry lawrence. 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