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[HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY]. [A collection of largely eighteenth-century pamphlets and broadsides relating to the Honourable Artillery Company]. London. [vs.], 1786-1813 Folio, 8vo and others. This collection consists of:

- Lists of the chiefs, officers, court of assistants, members, &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark, [1788]. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar, for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers, some light staining.

- An address to the inhabitants of london from the ... More > £ 3,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14449
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[TRAFALGAR]. [A commemorative card headed 'Victory off Trafalgar']. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1843?] Dimensions 230 x 90 mm. Brown card with embossed ornamental border, white, gilt-edged, card onlay decorated with a depiction of Nelson’s final flag semaphore signal. Manuscript inscription to verso: 'Presented to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel, with Mr. P. Scott's best compliments. Norwich. Oct. 21st, 1843'. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30304
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[PATTERSON, Rev.]. A friendly address to the volunteers of great-britain. Richmond, Surrey. Printed and sold for the Author, by G. A. Wall, 1803. First edition. 8vo. [2], 18pp. With a half-title. Recent red half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's buff paper wrappers bound in. Minor shelf-wear. Contemporary ink inscription to half-title: 'John May 1803 / from Mr. Wakefield / written by Mr. Patterson of Richmond'. Recently dispersed from the Cottlesloe Military Library 'probably the most extensive private collection of early printed books focused on ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 22754
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[JENNINGS, William]. A general system of attack and defence; with one general rule for erecting fortifications, without the circuitous aid of trigonometry... Dublin. Printed for the author, by C. Downes, 1808. 8vo. vi, [14], 62pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece and a lengthy list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, later rebacked. Extremities rubbed and heavily marked. Hinges exposed. Armorial bookplate of the Molyneux family and near contemporary gift inscription to FEP: '5th March 1811 / Thos. Molyneux / Kings Own Rifles / the gift of his father / Colonel Molyneux / on ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22761
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DRINKWATER, John. A history of the late siege of gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest perids.. London. Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son...And sold by J. Johnson, 1790. Fourth edition. Quarto. xxiv, 356pp. With ten folding engraved charts and views, three of which with old repairs to verso. Contemporary tree calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, elaborate gilt decoration within spine compartments with central domed bell. Worn, with upper joint split (holding well on the cords), lower joint cracking, loss at head of spine, bumping to corners, with loss, some scuffing. Some spotting, two manuscript corrections ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 20462
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[MATCHAM, George]. [A journal containing manuscript accounts of Lord Horatio Nelson]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c. 1832] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, later paper label to upper board with manuscript title: 'Character of Lord Nelson as "Lord Victory" written by his brother-in-law George Matcham Partially Printed in "Anecdotes of a Croat"'. Extremities heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers, upper hinge exposed, very occasional light dampstaining. From the recently dispersed Newhouse estate of the Eyre-Matcham family. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29311
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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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[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
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[ROYAL MARINES]. A list of the officers of his majesty's royal marine forces, with the numbers of the companies stationed at each of the four head-quarters. Also, alist of the officers who have been allowed to retire upon their full pay: and a list of the reduced officers of the said forces; with an alphabetical list of the whole. London. Printed by S. Brooke, [1816]. 8vo. [2], 71pp predominantly printed on versos only, 83pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, damp-stained, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, Armorial bookplate of William Henry to FEP, ink-stamps of the Law Society of London to front blank fly-leaves, blank recto of p.6, and rear blank fly-leaf. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27801