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Photo of "The army list. January, 1873"
[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list. January, 1873. London. Printed by C. Roworth & Sons...For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1873]. 12mo. lxxxii, 362, 28pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Extremities rubbed, chipped, creased, and heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31561
Photo of "The manual and platoon exercise ..."
[BRITISH ARMY]. The manual and platoon exercise &c. &c. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1804. 8vo. 18pp, [2]. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Extremities marked and worn, substantial loss to spine. Early martial inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30687
Photo of "An Act for punishing Mutiny ..."
[BRITISH ARMY]. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. London. Printed by Mark Baskett, 1766. 8vo. [2], 5-206pp, [2]. Imprint from general title page. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, corners exposed, upper board detached, lower joint split, some loss to head of spine. Early ownership inscription to general title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28034
Photo of "An historical account of the ..."
[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
Photo of "A list of all the ..."
[BRITISH ARMY]. A list of all the officers of the army and royal marines on full and half-pay: with an index: and a succession of colonels. [London]. [Printed by C. Roworth], [1806]. Fifty-fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 337, *337-*338, 338-846pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20613
Photo of "Militia Discipline. The Words of ..."
B[RETON], [W[illiam]. Militia Discipline. The Words of Command, and directions for Exercising the Musket, Bayonet, and Carthridge: And the exercise for the Soldiers of the Militia Horse, Arm'd with Carbine, Pistols, and Sword... London. Printed by R. Harbin, and Sold by J. Morphew, 1717. Fourth ediiton. 8vo in 4s. [8], 67pp, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, Later rebacked. Boards worn. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, title browned, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30264
Photo of "Great lives: T. E. Lawrence"
BRENT, Peter. Great lives: T. E. Lawrence. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1975]. First U.K. edition. Quarto. 232pp. With 20 colour plates and 100 black and white illustrations. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle sunned. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22257
Photo of "The volunteer rifleman and the ..."
BOUCHER, John. The volunteer rifleman and the rifle. In three parts: science, practice, and the mechanical aids. London. W. O. Mitchell, Military Library, 1859. Second edition, greatly enlarged. 8vo. xviii, [2], 183, [1], 35, [1], 38, 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece, two folding diagrams, and two plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Later bookplate of C. A. Cuthbert Keeson to FEP, without FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To William ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31836
Photo of "Fusilier bluff"
BLUFF, FUSILIER [C. E. Colwyn]. Fusilier bluff. London. Geoffrey Bles, 1934. First edition. 8vo. 283pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped white dust wrapper decorated red, lettered black. Top edge yellow, bottom edge uncut. Minor shelf-wear, wrapper worn and toned. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to endpapers. With the review slip, and a T.L.S. to Williamson dated 27th April 1934, advising Mr. Lakin of Geoffrey Bles publishers has requested to send ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27159
Photo of "A short essay on Military ..."
BELL, Thomas. A short essay on Military First Principles. London. Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1770. First edition. 8vo. [4], xii, 223pp, [1]. Sumptuously bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, a trifle marked, ink-stain to upper board. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of John Arthur Brooke and Ian Paton to FEP and FFEP respectively. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 15222
Photo of "The Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme ..."
BARNETT, Correlli. The Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963. First edition. 8vo. 386pp, [2]. With numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed. Later gilt supralibros of Windsor Grammar School to upper board. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP beneath the inked calligraphic inscription: 'FIELD-MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT SLIM, K.G. / WINDSOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS / 22 APRIL 1964'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25840
Photo of "The treasury of fortification. Wherein ..."
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