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Photo of "Aus dem Hauptquartiere und feldleben ..."
SCHNEIDAWIND, F[ranz] J[osef] A[dolf]. Aus dem Hauptquartiere und feldleben des Vater Radetzky... Stuttgart. Eduard Hallberger, 1856. Dritte vermehrte auflage [i.e. third edition, enlarged]. 8vo. viii, 224pp. Uncut. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers, very occasional pencilled annotations, scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25401
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KOHL, J. G.. Austria. Vienna, Prague, Hungary, Bohemia, and the Danube; Galicia, Styria, Moravia, Bukovina, and the military frontier. London. Chapman and Hall, 1843. First edition. 8vo. [8], 532pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown blind-tooled cloth, gilt. Some rubbing and soiling to extremities, corners bumped. Hinges cracked, occasional spots of foxing, recent bookplate of Cefntilla to FEP, with the earlier bookplate of Lord Raglan to same. Inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP, 'Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, from his affectionate sister Kathy, December 28th 1843'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13077
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[NELSON]. Authentic memoirs of the life and gallant actions of the late noble admiral, lord viscount nelson, who unfortunately fell nobly fighting in defence of his country, against the combined fleets of france and spain, october 21, 1805: compiled from authentic papers, and his lordship's own original communications to government. To which is added, a minute and particular account of the late action of admiral strachn. London. Printed for the Proprietors, published by Lee...and Mantz, [s.d., 1805?] First edition. 12mo. 36pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut, stitched, as issued, into original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Housed in recent custom gate-fold navy cloth case. Substantial loss to wrappers. Light tide-mark to foot of frontispiece, title a trifle dusty, scattered foxing. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24445
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POLLARD, Captain Hugh B[ertie] C[ampbell]. Automatic pistols. London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, [1920]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 110pp. With a frontispiece and a further 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33010
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FREW, David. A young borderer: a memoir of alexander dobrée young-herries Captain, The King's Own Scottish Borderers. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1928. First edition. 8vo. x, 236pp, [12]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, 27 further photographic plates, 2 engraved maps, and a reproduction of Psalm CIV to rear. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Inked ownership inscription of R. S. Herries, St. Julians, Sevenoaks to first blank fly-leaf. Endpapers lightly browned, otherwise internally clean ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34464
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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Bis 2000: Entscheidung in der Vierten Welt. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1979]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, ink inscription in the author's distinctive hand to title page: 'To my very dear Olga / from her / Daddy / Paris, (?) 2, the 17th of Sept. 1980'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29190
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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
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SOCIETY OF NAVAL GENTLEMEN. Britannia triumphant: or, An Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English Nation, From the earliest Times, down to the Conclusion of the late War...to which is prefixed, A Large Introduction, Containing the History of Navigation... London. Sold by R. James, 1766. Second edition. 8vo. li, [1], 224pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and five engraved plates. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints cracked, ink inscription to lower board. Overall internally clean and crisp, later ink inscription to recto of FFEP, marginal ink annotation to title, ink-stamped initials to front blank fly-leaf and top margin of first page of text. More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 13453
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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
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[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
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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1793. London. Printed by A. Strahan, [1793]. [2], 267pp, [1].

[Together with:] [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1794. London. A. Strahan, [1794]. [2], 399pp, [1].

[And:] [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1795. London. Printed by A. Strahan, [1795]. [2], 211pp, [1].

[And:] [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1796. [London]. [Printed by A. Strahan], [1796]. [2], 342pp, [1].

[And:] [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1797. London. Printed by A. ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30168