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HARWOOD, Sir Edward. The advice of that worthy commander Sir Ed: Harwood, Collonell. Written by King Charles his Command, upon occasion of the French Kings preparation: and presented in his life time, by his owne hand, to his Majestie: Hitherto being a private Manuscript... London. Printed for R. Harford, 1642. First edition. Quarto. [40]pp. Nineteenth-century half-morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed. Evidence of armorial bookplate removal to FEP, early ownership inscription 'Mr Joh: Robins' to blank verso of initial leaf, very occasional early manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33905
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[BRITISH ARMY]. Text book of gun carriages and gun mountings. London. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationary Office by Harrison & Sons, 1924. First edition. 8vo. 366pp. With 138 engraved and photographic plates, of which many folded, and a tipped-in errata slip to title. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with bumping to corners, spine sunned, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, ink-stamp reading 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED' to head of title. Browning to endpapers, light scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34478
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DUVAL, Elizabeth W.. T. E. Lawrence: A bibliography. New York. Arrow Editions [The Spiral Press], [1938]. First edition, limited to 500 copies. 8vo. [2], 95pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's canvas-backed blue-black paper boards, lettered in black, glassine wrapper, housed in original publisher's brown card slipcase. A very fine copy. Slipcase a trifle marked and sunned, some splitting to joints, loss to foot. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15378
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 3rd of February, 1948: Published by Authority...The African campaign from El Alamein to Tunis, from 10th August, 1942 to 13th May, 1943. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 839-887pp, [1]. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, manuscript lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, very occasional ink-spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12176
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, the 9th of July, 1948: Published by Authority...Action against raiders. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 4009-4015pp. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, manuscript lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. A duplicate copy, stapled, is loosely inserted. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12175
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 25th of May, 1948: Published by Authority...The carrier borne aircraft attack on Kirkenes and Petsamo. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 3169-3177pp, [1]. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12174
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 2nd of March, 1948: Published by Authority...The capture of Diego Suarez. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 1589-1616pp. With two plans (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12173
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, the 15th of October, 1948: Published by Authority...Coastal Force actions. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 5493-5511pp, [1]. With a folding chart. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, manuscript lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 12171
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1948: Published by Authority...Operations in the Middle East from 1st November 1941 to 15th August 1942. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 309-400pp. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12169
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 10th of February, 1948: Published by Authority...The attack on the Tirpitz by midget submarines on 22nd September, 1943. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 993-1008pp. With two plans (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12168
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 4th of May, 1948: Published by Authority...Action between British and Italian forces off cape Spartivento on 27th November, 1940. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 2799-2808pp. With two charts (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12167
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[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS]. Summary account and military character of the different european armies, engaged in the late war: with a parallel of the policy, power, and means of the Ancient Romans and Modern French. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1803. First edition in English. 8vo. viii, 176pp. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Francis Markham to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24118
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[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed [by C. and W. Galabin] for P. Steel, Corrected to March, 1804 12mo. 52pp. Naively rebound in later cloth-baked buff paper boards, partially preserving original publisher's upper and lower wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Title page and terminal leaf attached to boards, the remainder (sewn, as issued) loosely inserted.

[Bound between p.26-27:] [Caption title:] Sir james saumarez' victory. Lloyd's Coffee-House, February 17, 1804. [s.i.] [s.n.], [1804]. 4pp. Bound between p2-3 are [4]pp of advertisements for publisher P. Steel. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 27803
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[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed for D. Steel, Corrected to February, 1799 12mo. [2], 49pp, [1]. With an initial leaf and final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed and spotted, loss to spine, unpaid Lombard St. penny post stamp and manuscript publication date to upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24441
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[ROYAL NAVY]. Standing orders. Channel squadron. 1884. [London]. [Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode...For Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [1884]. Folio. 80pp. With numerous interleaved and pasted in manuscript additions (and one manuscript addition in some form of reproduction - perhaps by lithography?). Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed to extremities, marked to boards, some marking, staining and creasing to text, endpapers. Inscribed 'No. 60' to FEP and 'Capt. Britten. Private' to FFEP. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24658
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GRAY, Colin. Group Captain DSO, DFC, RAF. . Spitfire patrol. London. Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Lrg 8v0. 166pp. With three signed photographs and three further signatures card mounted to FFEP & half-title, twenty four photographic leaves & two maps bound in. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt, with the original colour illustrated dustwrapper. Minor bumping to spine ends. Loosely inserted is a ms 'wanted' list of pilots that appear in the account but whose signatures have not yet been collected. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34296
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PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, on the king's message, which was delivered in the house of commons, On Friday, Feb. I, 1793. London. Printed for J. Owen, 1793. First edition. [2], 44pp. Without half-title. ESTC N25041.

[Bound with:] PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, delivered in the house of commons, monday, february 3, 1800, on a motion for an address to the throne, Approving of the Answers returned to the Communications from France relative to a negociation for peace. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for J. Wright, 1800. First edition. [2], 120pp. ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24267
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TYRTAEUS. Spartan lessons; or, the praise of valour; in the verses of tyrtaeus; an ancient athenian poet, adopted by the republic of lacedaemon, and employed to inspire their youth with warlike sentiments. Glasgow. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759. First Foulis edition. Quarto in 2s. [8], 30, [3], vi-xxvii, [1]. Bound in a different format from that issued by the press: (a2, h2, h1, A-G2, H1-2 (the latter in fact x2), b-g2. With engraved portrait vignettes (of Hercules to h2r and C2r. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled red morocco, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. With the gilt monogrammed supra-libros - with additional goat's head emerging from a ducal coronet - of ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 22975