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[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
ASTLEY, Philip. Remarks on the profession and duty of a soldier; with other observations relative to the army, at this time in actual service on the continent. London. Printed for J. Moore and N. Stanley, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. 56pp. With an engraved frontispiece (The French mode of pointing cannon as practised at Valenciennes during the siege of 1793). A reissue with cancel title page of edition with 'Hercules-Hall, Lambeth, London' in title and 'Printed for the author' in imprint. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Worn and marked. Long tear and naive paper repair to leaf C3 - touching text, but without loss of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22783
[SOLDIER'S COMPANION]. The soldier's companion; containing instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, as commanded by his majesty: intended for the use of the volunteers of this country. To which are prefixed a few Observations on first forming a Military Corps. Ornamented with figures of the various positions of a soldier under arms. Respectfully dedicated to His Royal Highness the duke of york, commander in chief of the british army &c. London. Printed at the Minerva-Press, for Lane and Newman, [s.d., c. 1803] Sixty-eighth edition. 8vo. [4], 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates of soldiers under arms. Recent red half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A clean and crisp copy. Single sheet prospectus of printer P. Boyle, advertising Captain West's Military Figures, tipped-in to recto of FFEP. With More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22792
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. Limited edition of 2,000 copies. Quarto. 206pp. Original publisher's navy quarter morocco over buckram boards, lettered in gilt, housed in original pink and black lettered cardboard slipcase. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed, some edges uncut. Slipcase somewhat stained and marked, else a crisp copy, internally bright and clean.
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£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27812
MALLESON, Colonel G. B. Rulers of india: lord clive. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1893. First edition. 8vo. 229pp, [19]. With an engraved folding map and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Contemporary and later inked ownership inscriptions to FFEP and title page, map torn along one fold. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29752
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
BURGOYNE, Alan H. [editor]. The navy league annual: 1908-1909. (Corrected to October 10th, 1908). London. The Navy League, 1908. First edition. Quarto. 277pp, [1]. With a frontispiece, a further 19 plates, and eight ship plans in the text. Original publisher's presentation binding of gilt-stamped red roan, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the Editor's compliments and thanks'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29644
LABAUME, Eugene. Relation complete de la campagne de russie, en 1812... Paris. Chez Janet et Cotelle, 1820. Sixieme edition [i.e. sixth edition]. 8vo. viii, 446pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-roan, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas E. Croft to FEP, armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29608
CATHCART, George. Commentaries on the war in russia and germany in 1812 and 1813. London. John Murray, 1850. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 383pp, [1]. With 28 hand-coloured engraved plates of maps. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting olive-green calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29606
[RICOUART D'HÉROUVILLE DE CLAYE, Antoine de]. Field marshal Count Saxe's Plan For New-Modelling The French Army, Reviving its Discipline, and improving its Exercise... London. Printed for T. Osborn, 1753. First edition in English. 12mo. [2], 197pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plane and three folding letterpress tables. Without publisher's advertisement leaf. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, upper joint split, surface loss to lower board. Armorial bookplate to FEP of Scottish advocate and philosopher, Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782). More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22982
BOURRIENNE, [Louis Antoine Fauvelet de]. The life of napoleon bonaparte. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, and a further 14 engraved plates. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, contrasting cloth lettering-pieces. Rubbed and sunned. Booksellers tickets of Hodgson of Belfast and contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to FEPs, plates browned and foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29268
NAPIER, Major-General Sir W. F. P. History of the war in the peninsular and in the south of france, from the year 1807 to the year 1814. London. Published for the proprietor by Barthes & Lowell, 1876. New edition, revised by the author. 8vo. In six volumes. With 55 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, 'Ex munificentia alumnorum oratorii' in gilt to upper boards. Some rubbing to spines, cracking to joints, a little chipping to head and feet of spines.. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Prize plate to FEP of Vol. I, with inked inscription: 'George Pereira / Second Prize ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 27994
BARKER, John. The treasury of fortification. Wherein That art is made Intelligible to the Meanest Capacity; and the several Methods of Fortifying, according to the late most Approved Engineers in Europe, Explained... London. Printed for A. Bosvile...and Jeffery Wale, 1707. First edition. 8vo. [40], 252pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece (depicting Queen Anne), a further 12 engraved plates (some folding), two folding table (included in pagination), and four leaves of publisher's advertisements bound following the tables of contents. Contemporary panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked. Recent armorial bookplate of sportsman and explorer Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) to FEP More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22732
MAROLOIS, Samuel. Fortification ou architecture militaire tant offensive que deffensive; Supputee et dessignee. Amsterdam. Chez Jan Janssen, 1627. First separate edition. Folio. In two parts. [4], 42, [2], 46pp. With an architectural engraved title page by Willem Outgertsz Akersloot (1600-1661), a double-page table, and 42 double-page engraved numbered plates (plates 14 and 17 duplicated in foliation), presenting some 170 examples of military fortification. Contemporary vellum. Extremities heavily worn and marked. Title page partially naively hand-coloured. Early ownership inscription of 'Jean Ernest Comte de Nassau' and later inscriptions ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28834
BROWN, Malcolm. Lawrence of Arabia the life, the legend. London. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005. First edition. Quarto. 208pp, Original publisher's purple cloth boards with title lettered in gilt and a dolphin design blind stamped to front, with the photographic dustwrapper. Internally bright though a little marked from damp, also present on the boards and wrapper. Minor shelf- wear to the wrapper and boards. Inscribed to the Williamson family by the author. With various ephemera relating to the book launch, held at the ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 28215
WILSON, Jeremy [Keisaburo Yamaguchi]. Arabia no Rorensu. Japan. Shinshokan, 1989. First Japanese edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's white laminated boards, lettered in blue with the contrasting spine, monochrome portrait of Lawrence to the rear board. With the photographic dustwrapper and the additional British Airways orange advertising band. From the family library of Henry Williamson, now dispersed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28301
YEATES, V. M. Winged victory. London. Jonathan Cape, 1934. Second impression. 8vo. 456, [6]. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in silver. Spine cocked and marred with splitting to the ends. Boards scuffed and edges shelf-worn. With the ownership inscription of a Vivian Marsh, dated December 1939, alongside extensive notes by Henry Williamson, including both manuscript and typewritten pages glued in, on his relationship with Yeates, and a draft preface to the new edition (1961). More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27933