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A NON-COMBATANT, [BUSHBY, Henry Jeffreys]. A month in the camp before sebastopol. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 125, [3], 24pp. With a half-title and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brick-red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed and a trifle marked. Residue of excised bookplate to FEP, later inked ownership inscription pasted to recto of FFEP, lightly spotted. Presentation copy, inscribed to verso of FFEP: ' With the Authors / Compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20195
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AN OFFICER [BEVER, Samuel]. The cadet. A Military Treatise. London. Printed for W. Johnston, 1756. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 244pp. Preliminary leaves misbound. With an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, some loss to head of dulled spine. Bookplate of Teston Library to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22807
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AN OFFICER. The life and actions of that distinguished naval hero, admiral nelson; who fell in the battle of trafalgar, october 21 1805. Hudson [New York]. Published by William E. Norman, 1808. 70pp. With a wood engraved portrait frontispiece.

[Bound with:] Life of napoleon bonaparte, emperor of the french, king of italy, and protector of the rhenish confederation, from his birth to the present time. Hudson [New York]. Published by William E. Norman, 1810. 108pp. With a wood engraved frontispiece.

12mo. Contemporary red half-roan, buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24433
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AN INFANTRY OFFICER. A treatise on the british drill and exercise of the company; with an introduction to the field exercise of the battalion; explaining the different posts and situations of every individual in the battalion During the Performance of its Movements. London. Printed and sold by W. Clowes, 1814. First edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xxxii, 351pp, [1]. Without half-title. With 82 engraved figures on five folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped, head of spine scorched. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, third Lord Cottesloe (1862-1965) to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to front blank fly-leaf, tear to leaves K9-10 - touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22779
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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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ALIQUIS [i.e. MARKS, Richard]. The retrospect: or, review of providential mercies: with anecdotes of various characters and an address to naval officers. London. James Nisbet, 1833. Fifteenth edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 346pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary navy calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, small chip to foot of leaf I1. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'James Rumsey esq. / M.D. / as a small token of gratitude & esteem ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29293
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A LATE LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations... London. Printed for J. Stuart, 1803. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 7-43pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22788
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[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE]. Pasquin and Marforio on the peace: being A Discussion, by these celebrated Statues at Rome, of the general Conduct of England, but particularly pending the late War, and in negociating the present Peace... London. Printed for W. Webb, [1748?]. vii, [1], 8-56pp. ESTC T43733.

[Bound after:] [CLEMENT, Simon]. Faults on both sides: or, an essay upon The Original Cause, Progress, and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in this Nation...By way of Answer to the Thoughts of an Honest Tory. London. Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710. Second edition. 54pp. Without final leaf of text. ESTC T35447. A reissue of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18543
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A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN. Scloppetaria: or considerations on the nature and use of rifled barrel guns, with reference to their forming the basis of a permanent system of national defence, agreeable to the genius of the country. London. Printed by C. Roworth...for T. Egerton, 1808. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, With an engraved frontispiece and a further 12 engraved plates. Uncut in modern navy-half calf, grey cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, plates browned. With a contemporary single leaf broadside of the rule and regulations of the Acrotormentarian Society of Riflemen tipped-in to RFEP More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30528
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[12TH ROYAL LANCERS]. [An attractive scrapbook predominantly comprised of material relating to the 12th Royal Lancers]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1860s-70s] Oblong folio. [34] leaves, of which 23 used, the remainder blank. Containing, inter alia, 13 hand-drawn watercolour postal fronts, 20 watercolours/pen and ink sketches, and 34 photographs, primarily depicting members of the Royal Lancers. Contemporary gilt-ruled half crushed morocco, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper board 'A. F. 12th. R. L.', T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 27689