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D'IDEVILLE, Count H.. Memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud from his private correspondence and original documents, 1784-1849. London. Hurst and Blackett, 1884. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 363; viii, 365pp. With a half-title to each volume and an engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. Original publisher's red cloth, gilt. Slight rubbing and soiling to extremities, spines sunned. Recent armorial bookplate of Cefntilla to FEP of each volume. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13286

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LOCKER, Edward Hawke. Memoirs of celebrated naval commanders, illustrated by engravings from original pictures in the naval gallery of greenwich hospital. [London]. Harding and Lepard, 1832. First edition. Quarto. [12], 12, 13, [1], 19, [1], 13, [1], 13, [1], 11, [1], 15, [1], 11, [1], 16, 12, 8, 11, [1], 16, 13, [1], 22, 41, [1], 8, 3, [1], 15, [1], 12pp. With 20 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked preserving contemporary spine panel, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities Rubbed and marked. Small paper repair to gutter of title page. Armorial bookplate ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23471

LOCKER, Edward Hawke. Memoirs of celebrated naval commanders, illustrated by engravings from original pictures in the naval gallery of greenwich hospital. [London]. Harding and Lepard, 1832. First edition. Quarto. [12], 12, 13, [1], 19, [1], 13, [1], 13, [1], 11, [1], 15, [1], 11, [1], 16, 12, 8, 11, [1], 16, 13, [1], 22, 41, [1], 8, 3, [1], 15, [1], 12pp. With 20 engraved plates. Contemporary navy calf tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, A.E.G. Some rubbing. Short marginal tear to one leaf, light foxing to plates, else internally clean and crisp. ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 15557

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WELLBELOVED, C[harles]. Memoir of Thomas Thrush, Esq., formerly an officer of rank in the royal navy: who resigned his commission on the ground of the unreasonableness of war. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. 8vo. [4], 116pp. With a facsimile portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of loss and splitting to head and foot of spine. Light offsetting to title, very short marginal tear to F8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13856

ALLEN, Joseph. Memoir of the life and services of admiral sir william hargood... Greenwich. Printed for Private Circulation Only, by Henry S. Richardson, 1841. First edition. 8vo. xii, [2], 296pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, and two engraved plates. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, some loss to head and foot of dulled spine. Plates foxed, scattered spotting. Ink ownership inscription of Royal Navy officer Richard B. Croft to verso of frontispiece. Presentation copy, ink inscription of Lady Hargood to FEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29514

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FREZZA, Fabio. Massime, regole, et precetti, di Stato, & di Guerra... Venetia. Evangelista Deuchino, 1614. First edition. 382pp. Without terminal blank leaf. Title within engraved ornamental border. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marginal worm-tracks, very occasional early manuscript annotations. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22742

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[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

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[CRIMEAN WAR]. [Manuscript accounts of Lord Wodehouse of Kimberley, Minister Plenipotentiary to St. Petersburg just after Crimean war]. [St. Petersburg and London]. [s.n.], 1856-58 Folio. Manuscript on paper. 52ff, the remainder unused. Contemporary red sheep, ruled in gilt and lettered 'COMPTE GENERAL' to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. Some rubbing to spine, extremities, small hole to upper joint.

[With: Three others manuscript notebooks, related, including one in a contemporary Russian binding with cyrillic lettering] More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14084

[ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY]. List of officers of the royal regiment of artillery from the year 1716 to the present date. Woolwich. Printed at the Royal Artillery Institution, 1869. Revised edition. Quarto. [10], 200pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, later expertly rebacked in red morocco. Boards rubbed. Scattered foxing, occasional later manuscript annotations. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27220

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[NELSON, Admiral Lord]. Lines composed since the death of Lord Nelson, Sung to the Tune of Rule Britannia. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., c.1821] Single leaf slip-song, dimensions: 220 x 160mm. Printed, the text in black letter, on paper watermarked 1821 (beneath a fleur-de-lys and the initials FC&McM). Neat repairs to verso, making good margins where evidently removed from an album More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21841

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MACKAY, John. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scoury... London. Edward Bull, 1842. New edition, revised. 8vo. lxxvi, 228pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Foyles booksellers ticket pasted to FEP, receipt from the same loosely inserted, upper hinge partially exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23938

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[4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS]. Lieutenant General The Earl of Ross's Report on the First Regiment of Horse Reviewed by Him in Dublin on the 2nd Day of July 1783. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1783]. Folio. A five sheet report comprising a manuscript summary signed by Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ('Ross Lieut. General'), and four engraved sheets ('General Return...', 'Return of the Arms...', numbered 1-4), with all the details neatly completed in manuscript. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24214

[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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MIKSCHE, Lt-Colonel F. O. Les erreurs strategiques de hitler. Paris. Payot, 1945. First edition in French. 8vo. 204pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, marked, and sunned, loss to spine and upper panel. Leaves browned. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30723

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COIGNET, Capitaine. Les cahiers du capitaine coignet (1799-1815). Publies d'apres le manuscrit original par loredan larchey. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1889. Nouvelle edition revue et corrigee. 8vo. [4], xxxi, [1], 494pp. With half-title. Finely bound in red half morocco, gilt, buckram boards. Original printed paper wrappers bound in. George Meredith's copy, with his ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. A fine copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 13298

ROSELER, David. Lawrence: prince of mecca. Sydney. Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927. First edition. 8vo. [8], 227pp, [1]. With a colour portrait frontispiece and a further six black and white illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. Label of the Book Lovers' Library, Melbourne to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21495

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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

DUNALLEY, Lord. Khaki and rifle green. London. Hutchinson & Co., [1940]. First edition. 8vo. 255, [1], 24pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Rubbed and soiled, edges spotted, dustwrapper worn and marked, with significant loss. Contemporary pencilled ownership inscription of Captain R. Ford to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22255

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30672

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671