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Photo of "The retrospect: or, review of ..."
ALIQUIS [i.e. MARKS, Richard]. The retrospect: or, review of providential mercies: with anecdotes of various characters and an address to naval officers. London. James Nisbet, 1833. Fifteenth edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 346pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary navy calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, small chip to foot of leaf I1. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'James Rumsey esq. / M.D. / as a small token of gratitude & esteem ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29293
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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Bis 2000: Entscheidung in der Vierten Welt. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1979]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, ink inscription in the author's distinctive hand to title page: 'To my very dear Olga / from her / Daddy / Paris, (?) 2, the 17th of Sept. 1980'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29190
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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Rüstungswettlauf: Ursachen und Auswirkungen. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1972]. First edition. 8vo. 452pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked. Family copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my dear daughter Olga with / all my love. / Daddy / (?) / 29. 1. 1972.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29189
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SETON, Walter. William Howard Lister. London. Printed for Private Circulation by Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 505 copies on handmade paper, of which this is number 165. 93pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and five further photographic plates. Uncut in original publisher's cream buckram-backed light blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Endpapers browned, near contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29014
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YEATS-BROWN, Francis. Indian pageant. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942. First edition. 8vo. Original publisher's pale-yellow cloth lettered in red, with the decorative unclipped dust wrapper. Small nick to front board, otherwise crisp. Wrapper a little creased and frayed without major loss. With the ink presentation inscription to FFEP 'For Henry from Francis, 16 ou '42. for ornament, not for reading, sweepe the last chapter, perhaps.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28293
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LAWRENCE, T.E.. The Mint. A Day Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922 with Later Notes By 352087 A/c Ross. London. Jonathan Cape, 1955. First trade edition . Quarto. [2], 206pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Some edge wear, cloth fading and marked towards all edges. Minor loss to head of spine on the toned jacket, shelf-wear to edges, predominantly top. Spotting to endpapers, with the bookplate of Richard L. Calvert Williamson to the front inner board. With 10 newspaper clippings relating to Lawrence, 5 photocopied articles, and 2 ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28148
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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1798. [London]. [Printed by A. Strahan], [1798]. First edition. 8vo. [2], 255pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, chipping to spine and lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of politician and connoisseur of the arts Sir Charles Long (1760-1838) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28107
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SHOBERL, Frederic. Narrative of the most remarkable events which occurred in an near leipzig, immediately before, during, and subsequent to, the sanguinary series of engagements between The Allied Armies and the French, from the 14th to the 19th october, 1813. London. Printed for R. Ackerman, 1814. Eighth edition. 8vo. xvi, 104, 6, [2], 4pp. With two hand-coloured engraved folding maps and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28085
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SCOFFERN, J[ohn]. Projectile weapons of war and explosive compounds... London. Longman, Brown, and Co., 1859. Fourth edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 376, 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27333
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[LAWRENCE, T. E.]. Letters to T. E. Lawrence. London. Jonathan Cape, [1962]. First edition. 8vo. 216pp. Without errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear. dustwrapper a trifle marked, spine panel sunned, several brown paper repairs to verso. From the reference library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 26296
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PHILLIPS, C. E. Lucas. Alamein. London. Heinemann, 1962. First edition, second issue. 8vo. xi, [1], 434pp. With a frontispiece and 32 photographic plates, and 19 diagrams and maps in the text. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / Field Marshal The Viscount Slim / C. E. Lucas / 1962'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25843
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[PANDE], Sita Ram. LUNT, James [editor]. From Sepoy to Subedar: being the Life and Adventures of Subedar Sita Ram, a Native Officer of the Bengal Army written and related by himself. London. Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1970]. 8vo. xxix, [1], 186pp, [1]. Numerous illustrations in the text by Frank Wilson. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / Field-Marshal Lord Slim / with respect and good wishes / from the Editor and Illustrator / of these memoirs, who fought / under his command in Burma / ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25842
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EMBRY, Basil, Sir. Mission completed. London. Methuen & Co., 1957. First edition. 8vo. 350pp. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP and his inked ownership inscription 'Bill / 6th August 1957' to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25835
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LAWRENCE, T. E.. Oriental assembly. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1940. First American edition. 8vo. xii, [2], 291pp, [1]. With a half-title. Profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs by the author (many previously unpublished), facsimiles of pages of the author's diary, and a line-drawn map. Original publisher's red buckram, lettered in gilt, dustwrapper. Wrapper marked and chipped, two closed tears to head. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22192
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[CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of]. [WALLER, Edmund]. The case of the hanover forces, In the pay of great-britain, Impartially and freely examined. With some Seasonable Reflexions on the Present Conjuncture of Affairs. London. Printed for T. Cooper, 1742. 8vo. 35pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Loss and later paper repairs to title page, with some loss to text. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22030
Photo of "With our army in flanders"
WILLIAMS, G. Valentine. With our army in flanders. London. Edward Arnold, 1916. Second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 34, 8pp. With a frontispiece, a further 15 plates, a a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spins sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21511