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WILLIAMSON, HENRY. The wet flanders plain. New York . E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, lettered in yellow, fore and bottom edge uncut. Without dustwrapper. Page block starting. Boards are lightly worn with some marking. Internally bright and clean save extensive penmanship. Inscribed 'for Henry Williamson: I hope you will like having this part of the past brought back to you and I hope it is pleasant to recall at least ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27920
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, yellow title label; lettered in black, the dustwrapper with a stark black and cream bayonet design. Slightly edgeworn, spine a trifle cocked, wrapper worn and creased with significant loss to upper panel and spine. Internally bright and clean, with a note in Williamson's hand 'author's copy, please return when read enough', his initials and Shallowford address. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27919
[BRITISH ARMY LIST]. The Monthly Army List, Corrected to the First of December, 1805. [London]. Printed [by T. Curson Hansard] for Richard Phillips, [1805]. 12mo. 59pp, [1]. Stitched in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Housed in modern marbled paper slipcase. Chipping to wrapper edges, neat paper repair to spine. Shaved at head, with occasional loss of text, marginal fire damage to leaves A5-B2, closed tear to leaf B4, softening to corners. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27804
BUCHER, Georg. In the line. London. Jonathan Cape, 1932. First English edition. 8vo. 325pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in black, with the unclipped printed dustwrapper. A few stains and marks to boards, wrapper a little toned with minor water marks. Unusually for Williamson's war memoirs, the book is neither annotated or otherwise marked, save a crude pencil sketch of a male face on the FFEP. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27165
SIMES, Thomas. A military course for the government and conduct of a battalion, designed For their Regulations in quarter, camp, or garrison; with useful observations and instructions For their Manner of attack and defence. London. Printed for the Author, 1777. Second edition. 8vo. [32], 286pp, [2]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates (on 17 leaves), a list of subscribers, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, chipping to spine. Partially excised armorial bookplate to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22808
AN OFFICER [BEVER, Samuel]. The cadet. A Military Treatise. London. Printed for W. Johnston, 1756. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 244pp. Preliminary leaves misbound. With an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, some loss to head of dulled spine. Bookplate of Teston Library to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22807
A LATE LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations... London. Printed for J. Stuart, 1803. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 7-43pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22788
[BRITISH ARMY]. An historical account of the british regiments employed since the reign of queen elizabeth and king james I. in the formation and defence of the dutch republic, particularly of the scotch brigade. London. Printed by B. Millan, printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1794. First edition. 8vo. viii, 102pp. With a half-title. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Robert Saunders Dundas, Second Viscount Melville (1771-1851) to FEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22706
[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
JOHNS, W.E.. Fighting planes and aces. London. John Hamilton, [1932]. First edition. Quarto. 90pp, [6]. With frontispiece and 30 plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in black to spine and upper board (i.e. the second issue binding, without the stamped image of plane to upper board), with the fabulously evocative rare Howard Leigh dustwrapper displaying the original 5s price. An almost fine copy, but for the slightest of fading at head and foot of spine, in a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21501
[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
OSLER, Edward. The life of admiral viscount exmouth. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1835. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 448pp, [16]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, four lithographic plates, an engraved folding plan, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth-backed drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Some rubbing, spots of marking, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-piece. Ink ownership inscription and armorial bookplate of 'Rear Admiral Sir Graham Hamond' to FEP, plates foxed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 15555
[FAWCETT, William]. Regulations for the exercise of riflemen and light infantry; and instructions for their conduct in the field. Dublin. Printed for M. Neary Mahon, 1803. 8vo. iv, 71 [i.e. 70]pp. With nine engraved plates, two of which comprised of 'Signals of the bugle horn in the movements of light troops'. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn. Loss to lower margin of torn title page, contemporary inked ownership inscription 'Charles Platt Capt. 50th'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34022