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[STANDING ARMIES]. Rules and directions For all such persons as Are obliged to find or contribute, either towards horse or foot, in the militia... London. Printed for T. Gardner, 1739. First edition. 23pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles (Guildhall and Oxford), and none elsewhere. ESTC T177449.

[Bound with:] [TRENCHARD, John]. An argument, Shewing, that a Standing Army Is inconsistent with A Free Government, and Absolutely destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy. London. [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1697. iv, 30pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. ... More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22717
LEO VI. Trattato brieve dello schierare in ordinanza gli eserciti et dell' apparar ecchiamento della guerra, Di Leone, per la Gratia di Dio Imperatore... In Venetia [i.e. Venice]. Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1586. Quarto. [40], 344 [i.e. 346]pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Marked and discoloured, old vellum repair to head of wormed spine. Hinges exposed, naive paper extensions to shaved margins of leaves Hh1-4. From the library of Giovanni Domenico Berio, marchese di Salza (d. 1791), which passed to his son, author and librettist Francesco Maria Berio (1765-1820), with their 'Ex Libris Marchionis Salsae' armorial bookplate on ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22668
[ENGLISH ARMY]. A Prospect of His Majestie’s forces as they ly encamped (at least three Miles in length) on Honslow-Heath in the county of Midlesex in the year 1686. [London]. Sold by J. Oliver...and J. Sellar junior, [s.d., c.1686?] Dimensions: Sheet - 490 x 310 mm; Engraved area - 462 x 230 mm. Single engraved sheet, folded vertically and housed in modern blue paper wrappers. Some old folds (with occasional minor tearing), offsetting, and browning - especially to gutter. Short tear to the head of spine of the enclosing wrappers. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 22662
[FREDERICK II]. Secret Instructions, by frederick the second, king of prussia: being Secret Orders given by that Monarch to the Officers of his Army, and particularly to those of the Cavalry, for the Regulation of their Conduct in War. Translated from the original german, into French, by the prince de ligne, and now first translated into english. London. Printed for E. and T. Williams, 1798. First edition. 8vo. [8], 195pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22981
[BRITISH ARMY]. [CALVERT, Harry]. General regulations and orders. [London]. [C. Roworth], [1804]. 8vo. iv, vi, 133pp, [7]. With three folded leaves of blank forms for annual and other returns. Contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, joints starting, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, short tear to gutter of first form, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28031
STRAITH, Hector. Treatise on fortification and artillery. London. William H. Allen and Company, 1852. Sixth edition. 8vo. In two volumes. Without the separately issued atlas of plates. xxix, [3], 345, [3]; xi, 403pp, [2]. Original publisher's decorated blue cloth. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscriptions to head of both titles: 'To Major W. H. Adams with the Author's respects'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26157
[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1798. [London]. [Printed by A. Strahan], [1798]. First edition. 8vo. [2], 255pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, chipping to spine and lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of politician and connoisseur of the arts Sir Charles Long (1760-1838) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28107
SHOBERL, Frederic. Narrative of the most remarkable events which occurred in an near leipzig, immediately before, during, and subsequent to, the sanguinary series of engagements between The Allied Armies and the French, from the 14th to the 19th october, 1813. London. Printed for R. Ackerman, 1814. Eighth edition. 8vo. xvi, 104, 6, [2], 4pp. With two hand-coloured engraved folding maps and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28085
[ROYAL NAVY - Treaties]. Extracts, from the several treaties subsisting between great britain and other Kingdoms and States, of such Articles and Clauses, as relate to the Duty and Conduct of the Commanders of His majesty's ships of war. London. [s.n.], 1758. Third edition. Quarto. [6], xxxii, 292pp. With two fine naval vignettes, to first and final leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, with some marking, bumping to corners, loss to head and foot of spine, cracking to lower joint. Captain Thomas Peyton's copy, with his inscription (dated 1790) to head of blank fly-leaf at front; ink offsetting evidencing the removal of the FFEP (showing the mirror ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27732
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph. London. Jonathan Cape, [1935]. First trade edition. Quarto. 672pp. Original publisher's brown buckram, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper chipped, torn, and stained. Internally clean and crisp.Inscribed to recto of FFEP by Eric Kennington's son: 'With every best wish to / Tom Redman / in thanks for many helpful things. / New Year, 2002 / Chris Kennington'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27426
[KENNINGTON, Eric]. Pilots, workers, machines. [London]. [Printed for Frigidaire Ltd. by Harrison & Sons Ltd.], [1941]. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, copy 2297 of an unspecified number. [32]pp. With 17 monochrome portraits of sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Inked ownership inscription of Kennington's son, Christopher, to upper wrapper. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27563
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Revolt in the desert. London. Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, 1927. First English edition (Limited edition, no. 63/300). Quarto. [2], 445pp, [1]. With half-title/limitation, coloured frontispiece portrait of Lawrence, eighteen further illustrations, nine of which are coloured, and a large folding map to rear. Original publisher's brown quarter-pigskin over sand-coloured buckram boards, gilt. Dustwrapper. T.E.G., others uncut. A remarkably preserved copy, with only the slightest of shelf-wear externally, bookplate (a skull with the initials PMF) and slight marking to FEP, else fine. Dustwrapper (correctly ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22016
SCOFFERN, J[ohn]. Projectile weapons of war and explosive compounds... London. Longman, Brown, and Co., 1859. Fourth edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 376, 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27333