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GRIFFITHS, Captain & Adj. F. A. The Artillerist's Manual, and compendium of infantry-exercise: sword exercise: field battery exercise: service of heavy ordnance, gyns, &c. fortification: pyrotechny: mathematics" gunnery: &c. &c. &c. With the Requisite Plates and Tables. Woolwich. Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, 1839. 12mo. xii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33149
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[MUSLY, David Emanuel]. Remarques D'un Officier d'Artillerie Hollandais sur un article de la Brochure qui a pour titre: Observations & Expériences sur l'Artillerie; Imprimée à Aléthopolis, chez Isaac Neuman. Maestrict [i.e. Maastricht]. Chez Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1776. First edition. 8vo. 22pp. With a half-title. Uncut in modern red half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Lightly dust-soiled. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22817
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SCHNEIDAWIND, F[ranz] J[osef] A[dolf]. Aus dem Hauptquartiere und feldleben des Vater Radetzky... Stuttgart. Eduard Hallberger, 1856. Dritte vermehrte auflage [i.e. third edition, enlarged]. 8vo. viii, 224pp. Uncut. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers, very occasional pencilled annotations, scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25401
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CASE, Mrs. [Adelaide]. Day by day at Lucknow. A journal of the siege of lucknow. London. Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33140
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WOLFE, General [James]. General wolfe's instructions to young officers. London. Printed for J. Millan, 1780. Second edition. 12mo. [2], ix, [3], 106pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece, supralibros to boards. Heavily worn, significant surface loss, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Title page lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22799
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BOUCHER, John. The volunteer rifleman and the rifle. In three parts: science, practice, and the mechanical aids. London. W. O. Mitchell, Military Library, 1859. Second edition, greatly enlarged. 8vo. xviii, [2], 183, [1], 35, [1], 38, 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece, two folding diagrams, and two plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Later bookplate of C. A. Cuthbert Keeson to FEP, without FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To William ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31836
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POLLARD, Captain Hugh B[ertie] C[ampbell]. Automatic pistols. London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, [1920]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 110pp. With a frontispiece and a further 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33010
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MAURICE, Baron P.-E. On national defence in england. London. Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1852. First edition in English. 8vo. [2], xiv, 88pp. With a lithographed folding map. Modern light green cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Short tear to map at gutter, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30224
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[12TH ROYAL LANCERS]. [An attractive scrapbook predominantly comprised of material relating to the 12th Royal Lancers]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1860s-70s] Oblong folio. [34] leaves, of which 23 used, the remainder blank. Containing, inter alia, 13 hand-drawn watercolour postal fronts, 20 watercolours/pen and ink sketches, and 34 photographs, primarily depicting members of the Royal Lancers. Contemporary gilt-ruled half crushed morocco, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper board 'A. F. 12th. R. L.', T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 27689
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HART, Liddell. Thoughts on war. London. Faber and Faber, [1944]. First edition. 8vo. 327pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and marked, upper joint split. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To F. O. Miksche / in friendship and admiration - for his own / zealous and stimulating thoughts on war / from / B. H. Liddell Hart'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29185
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VERITAS. The letters of veritas, re-published from the montreal herald; containing A Succinct Narrative of the military administration of sir george prevost, During his Commnad in the canadas; Whereby it will appear Manifest, that the merit of preserving them from conquest Belongs not to Him. Glasgow. Re-printed by and for R. Chapman, 1815. 12mo. 111pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Rubbed and dust-soiled, some loss to backstrip. Very small burn mark to foot of title page. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32604
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[HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY]. [A collection of largely eighteenth-century pamphlets and broadsides relating to the Honourable Artillery Company]. London. [vs.], 1786-1813 Folio, 8vo and others. This collection consists of:

- Lists of the chiefs, officers, court of assistants, members, &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark, [1788]. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar, for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers, some light staining.

- An address to the inhabitants of london from the ... More > £ 3,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14449