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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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[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
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EDWARDES, Sir Herbert Benjamin. MERIVALE, Herman. Life of sir henry lawrence. London. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872. Second edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xii, 492; [3], vi-xii, 396pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Alexander Balfour to FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30634
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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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[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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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
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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. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671
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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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30670
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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