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[BRITISH ARMY]. Warrant for the Regulation of the barracks, in great britain, ireland, and the colonies. Dated 16th March, 1824. London. Printed by J. Hartnell, 1824. 8vo. [2], 68, vii pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, some surface loss to bowed boards. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30682

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1803. [London]. [s.n.], 1803. 8vo. 109pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30690

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1806. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1806]. 8vo. [2], 212pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30721

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1804. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1804]. 8vo. [2], 264pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30722

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[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1794. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1794]. 12mo. iv, 60, 285pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine. Numerous leaves protruding from text-block, text heavily faded at times. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30971

[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1799. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1799]. 12mo. iv, 60, 321pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine, joints split. Several leaves protruding from text-block. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30972

[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1801. London. Printed by A. Strahan, [1801]. 12mo. 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, black morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31014

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MONRO, C. C.. [Drop-head title:] General headquarters india: order of the day No. 1. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1919]. Dimensions 210 x 260 mm. Single leaf handbill. Old horizontal and vertical folds. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32235

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[BRITISH NAVY]. By Authority. The navy list for January, 1829.. London. John Murray, 1829. First edition. 8vo. 168pp. With original publisher's blue paper wrappers bound in. Contemporary half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black lettering-piece to spine, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to boards, spine slightly dulled. Faded ink-stamps of the Incorporated Law Society to upper wrapper, A2 and foot of A5 - with their name stamped in gilt to foot of spine. Small marginal loss to ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34608

COOPER, Alan. Born leader the story of guy gibson dambuster. Bromley. Independent Books, 1993. First edition. Large 8vo. [viii] 192pp. Original publisher's navy cloth boards lettered gilt, with the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper. With forty-four photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Contemporary postcards and photographs to pasteboard through FFEP, including a postcard signed by various aircrew related to the dambusters. Further RAF and commemorative ephemera loosely inserted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34971

[ROYAL NAVY]. The Royal Navy list or who's who in the Navy... London. Witherby & Co., 1915. 8vo. lxiii, [1], vii, [1], 312pp. With a 7pp 'War Supplement to the Royal Navy List'. Original publisher's blind-tooled navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Sunned, with some marking. Clean and crisp internally but for slight loss to blank FFEP. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 14396

[ROYAL NAVY]. Review of the fleet by his majesty the king at spithead, 24th June 1911. List of ships. [London]. [s.n.], [1911]. First edition. Quarto. 14pp. With a engraved coloured folding chart at scale [1:26,500] depicting the position of the fleet at Spithead on 24th June 1911. Stitched with navy blue cloth in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Light spotting, paper repair to verso of final leaf - not touching text. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 18692

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[ROYAL NAVY]. A letter to Lord Viscount Melville, on the subject of his motion, respecting troop-ships, and upon the general state of the navy; with an appendix of official and authentic documents. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1810. 8vo. 56pp. Recent blue paper boards, printed paper title labels to spine and upper board. Neat ink numeral to head of browned title, final four leaves lightly toned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11950

[DUNDAS, Henry, Viscount Melville]. A full detail of the speech of Lord Viscount Melville, in the House of Commons, on the 11th June 1805. Edinburgh. Printed for Peter Hill, 1805. First edition. 8vo. [2], 64pp. Recent blue paper boards, printed paper title labels to spine and upper board. Neat ink numeral to head of dust-soiled title, occasional light foxing, short marginal tear to B6. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11951

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TACKELS, C. J.. Armes de guerre. Etude pratique sur les armes se chargeant par la culasse les mitrailleuses et leurs munitions... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. A. N. Lebegue et Cie., 1868. First edition. [4], 220pp. With half-title and seven engraved folding plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by author to half-title.

[Bound after:] VAN DEN KEREKHOVE, L. Le general chapelle l'expedition Belge au Mexique et l'article 92 du code penal... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Imprimerie de M. J. Poot et Compagnie, 1864. 36pp. With half-title.

[And:] DEDEYN, M. Raymond. Ce que vaut la garde civique... Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Imprimerie et Lithographie de Veuve ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12576

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WELLBELOVED, C[harles]. Memoir of Thomas Thrush, Esq., formerly an officer of rank in the royal navy: who resigned his commission on the ground of the unreasonableness of war. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. 8vo. [4], 116pp. With a facsimile portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of loss and splitting to head and foot of spine. Light offsetting to title, very short marginal tear to F8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13856

MUNDY, Lieut.-General [Godfrey Basil]. The life of rodney. London. Printed for James Carpenter and Son, 1836. New edition. 8vo. xvi, 283pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with two engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed. Silk endpapers, armorial plate depicting Rodney's coat-of-arms pasted to head of p.1, engraved portrait of Captain Bazeley pasted to foot of p.89, lightly foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 15331

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WIMPFFEN DE BORNEBOURG, [Francois louis de], Baron de. Refonte de l'economie de l'armee francoise, ou extrait et developpement d'un plan militaire, Presente par le General Baron de Wimpffen de Bornebourg... A Paris. Chez Didot fils aine, [1787]. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. With a large folding table. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle stained. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 17714

PEEL, Sidney. Trooper 8008 I Y. London. Edward Arnold, 1901. Second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 168, 31pp, [1]. With a frontispiece and a further seven plates of photographs taken by F Hoare, 40th Company, I. Y., a folding map to rear, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt and black. Very slight rubbing. Foxed. Mervyn Lloyd Peel's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP and inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22164

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HUTCHINSON, W. N.. Brigade drill, As Established by Order in the Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry, as revised in 1859. With remarks and references. London. John W. Parker & Son, 1860. [Third edition]. 8vo. ix, [1], 133, [1], 8pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription to front endpapers and title page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24122