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[ROYAL NAVY]. A review Of the Late Engagement at sea, being A Collection of Private Letters, never before printed, (one of them from Sir Cloudesly Shovell.) containing, The Truest and most Authentick Accounts: With some Remarks on the Conduct of our Admirals, particularly Sir G. R.. London. Printed, and Sold by John Nutt, 1704. First edition. Quarto. [4], 23pp, [1]. Disbound. Title page lightly dampstained, text-block shaved at foot, with some loss of text and sense. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33812
LANGLAND, William [Henry W. Wells]. The vision of piers plowman. London. Sheed and Ward, 1935. First edition. 8vo. 304pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, lower joint split. Bookplate of John Ronald Hamilton Cartland to FEP. With a loosely inserted bookplate of Antony Eden, inscribed to FFEP 'In memory of fond friendship with my son Roland. Mary Cartland, April 12 1942'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29804
TACKELS, C. J.. Armes de guerre. Etude pratique sur les armes se chargeant par la culasse les mitrailleuses et leurs munitions... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. A. N. Lebegue et Cie., 1868. First edition. [4], 220pp. With half-title and seven engraved folding plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by author to half-title.

[Bound after:] VAN DEN KEREKHOVE, L. Le general chapelle l'expedition Belge au Mexique et l'article 92 du code penal... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Imprimerie de M. J. Poot et Compagnie, 1864. 36pp. With half-title.

[And:] DEDEYN, M. Raymond. Ce que vaut la garde civique... Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Imprimerie et Lithographie de Veuve ... More >
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12576
NORDENFELT, [Thorsten]. The nordenfelt machine guns described in detail and compared with other systems; also their employment for naval and military purposes. Portsmouth. Griffin & Co., 1884. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [2], 73, 74A-74D, 75-206pp. With 57 plates. Original publisher's red pictorial cloth, recently rebacked and recornered. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of John Madden (1836-1902) to FEP, bookplate of Henk Visser to recto of FFEP, several leaves/plates detached, but present, scattered spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30519
PARKER, Harry. Naval battles from the collection of prints formed and owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust. Bart....The Chronological Arrangement of the Prints with Descriptive and Historical Notes by Harry Parker and an introduction by Commander Charles Napier Robinson. London. T. H. Parker, 1911. First edition. Quarto. In two volumes. xx, 160pp; 161-339pp. With a monochrome photographic frontispiece to volume one and 18 further plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt with gilt devices, T.E.G.. Rubbed, with some surface loss to boards of both volumes. Light browning to blank endpapers, foxing to prelims and occasionally to margins, otherwise internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP, ... More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 13027
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. The second world war. London. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948. First edition. 8vo. In six volumes. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrappers. Light shelf-wear, dustwrappers sunned, a trifle rubbed and marked, some chipping/short tears. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19389
BRENT, Peter. Great lives: T. E. Lawrence. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1975]. First U.K. edition. Quarto. 232pp. With 20 colour plates and 100 black and white illustrations. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle sunned. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22257
PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, on the king's message, which was delivered in the house of commons, On Friday, Feb. I, 1793. London. Printed for J. Owen, 1793. First edition. [2], 44pp. Without half-title. ESTC N25041.

[Bound with:] PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, delivered in the house of commons, monday, february 3, 1800, on a motion for an address to the throne, Approving of the Answers returned to the Communications from France relative to a negociation for peace. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for J. Wright, 1800. First edition. [2], 120pp. ... More >
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24267
[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE]. Pasquin and Marforio on the peace: being A Discussion, by these celebrated Statues at Rome, of the general Conduct of England, but particularly pending the late War, and in negociating the present Peace... London. Printed for W. Webb, [1748?]. vii, [1], 8-56pp. ESTC T43733.

[Bound after:] [CLEMENT, Simon]. Faults on both sides: or, an essay upon The Original Cause, Progress, and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in this Nation...By way of Answer to the Thoughts of an Honest Tory. London. Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710. Second edition. 54pp. Without final leaf of text. ESTC T35447. A reissue of ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18543
[WARD, Ned]. Mars Stript of his armour or, the army display'd in all its true colours. . London. Printed and sold by J. Woodward and B. Bragge, 1709. First edition. 8vo. [12], 107, [1]. Contemporary sheep, later naively rebacked. Worn, with cracking to lower board and losses to corners. Upper hinge exposed. Modern bookseller's ticket of James Miles of Leeds to FEP. Near contemporary ownership inscriptions and manuscript notes of Thomas Taylor to REPs. Leaves browned, with occasional damp staining to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22680
[STONE, Nicholas]. Enchiridion of fortification, or A handfull of knowledge in Martiall affaires. Demonstrating both by Rule, and Figure, (as well Mathematically) by exact Calculations, as Practically) to fortify any Body, either Regular, or Irregular... London. Printed by M. F. for Richard Royston, [1645]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 70pp, [16]. With an additional etched title page and 20 etched folding plates. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, later recased with new fly-leaves, with several plates and quires protruding from page-edges. Worn, and rather scruffily repaired to head of cracked spine. Pastedowns sprung, margins shaved, occasional slight loss to text (without loss of sense), numerous plates with naive paper repairs to verso. Recently dispersed from the ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22735
[ENGLISH ARMY]. An abridgment of the english Military discipline. London. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, 1685. 271pp, [1]. ESTC R7189, Wing A105.

[Bound with:] Rules and articles For the better Government of His Majesties Land-Forces In Pay during this present rebellion. London. Printed by Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb. 1685 36pp. ESTC R28828, Wing R2239.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, later rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip. Rubbed, head-cap perished. Early manuscript shelf-marks ... More >
£ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22730
GRIFFITHS, Major F[rederick] A[ugustus]. The artillerist's manual, and british solder's compendium. London. Published by Authority. Sold by Allen & Co. et al., 1854. Sixth edition. 8vo. xxiv, 331pp, [1]. With 16 engraved plates depicting aspects of British military equipment and strategy. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, some bumping to edges and corners. Early inked ownership inscription to FFEP. Light spotting to text and FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33832
[SCILLY ISLES]. A great victory Obtained by the kings forces in the West of england At the Island of Silley. And the full particulars of the great and bloudy Fight between the Parliaments Forces and the Cavaleers, with the manner how they surprised the said Island, and took Prisoners...Also, Another bloudy Fight at Scarbrough Castle in York-shire, between the Kings Forces, and the Parliaments, upon their sallying out of the Castle, and surprizing their Guards, and the number killed and taken prisoners. [s.i.]. Printed in the Year, 1648 Sole edition. Quarto. [2], 6pp. Modern vellum- backed boards (reusing an old document fragment), titled to spine. Interleaved with later paper, neat glassine reinforcement to gutter margins, some spotting to text. Several manuscript dates and shorthand annotations to the margins of title and text proper, in the manner of, and likely made by, John Rushworth. With the bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron to FEP. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33383
[ENGLISH CIVIL WAR]. The late proceedings of The Scottish Army: As also the taking of Cannon Froome. Certified By an Expresse from his Excellencies Quarters the Earle of Leven, Lord Generall. Dated at Ludbury the 23. of July 1645. Together with other Letters from the Kings Quarters to the Generall and Lieutenant-Generall, and Answers thereunto. London. Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock, 1645. First edition. Quarto. [2], 6pp. Modern navy morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers, early alternate manuscript pagination to upper corners. With a loosely inserted letterpress receipt from bookseller Frank Hammond addressed to Lord Cottesloe acknowledging payment of £12 for the book in 1961. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22725
TYRTAEUS. Spartan lessons; or, the praise of valour; in the verses of tyrtaeus; an ancient athenian poet, adopted by the republic of lacedaemon, and employed to inspire their youth with warlike sentiments. Glasgow. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759. First Foulis edition. Quarto in 2s. [8], 30, [3], vi-xxvii, [1]. Bound in a different format from that issued by the press: (a2, h2, h1, A-G2, H1-2 (the latter in fact x2), b-g2. With engraved portrait vignettes (of Hercules to h2r and C2r. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled red morocco, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. With the gilt monogrammed supra-libros - with additional goat's head emerging from a ducal coronet - of ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 22975