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Image for C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of his Wars in Gaul, And Civil War with Pompey. To which is added, A Supplement to his Commentary of his Wars in Gaul; As also, Commentaries of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars. By Aulus Hirtus, of Oppius, etc., with the Author's Life. Adorned with sculptures from the Designs of the famous PALLADIO. The Seventh Edition. With Notes &c, &c...

C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of his Wars in Gaul, And Civil War with Pompey. To which is added, A Supplement to his Commentary of his Wars in Gaul; As also, Commentaries of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars. By Aulus Hirtus, of Oppius, etc., with the Author's Life. Adorned with sculptures from the Designs of the famous PALLADIO. The Seventh Edition. With Notes &c, &c...

By: (CAESAR) BLADEN, COL. MARTIN:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, J. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman &c, &c... 1750:

Seller ID: 82214

Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. In light brown full calf leather binding, raised banding to spine. Plain endpapers, speckled page edging. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, edges rubbed, small split to bottom front spine edge, and chip to bottom end of spine. Some rubbing and marks to boards. Endpapers darkened around edges. A couple of minor handling marks to pages else a very clean and tight copy. Illustrated with 11 copper-engraved plates (mostly fold out) including frontis, and 3 double-page engraved maps (France, Spain, Roman Empire).
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Image for The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 Volumes I-IV (complete set: Preparation, Endeavour, Victory, Annexes and Appendices) In Four Volumes.

The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 Volumes I-IV (complete set: Preparation, Endeavour, Victory, Annexes and Appendices) In Four Volumes.

By: (HMSO) Webster, Sir Charles & Frankland, Noble

Price: £195.00

Publisher: London Her Majesty’s Stationary Office 1961 1st edition:

Seller ID: 83885

4 vols. Tall. Approx 10 x 7 ins. In green cloth with black and gilt spine labels and original paper dustwrappers. In very good near fine condition. (Dw spine very light tanning/rubbing.) Not price clipped. Inside very clean and tight. PP xiii, 522; ix, 322; ix, 332; xiii, 530. Colour, folding maps plus many B&W illustrations.
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British Foreign Policy in the Second World War. History of the Second World War. In Five Volumes.

By: (HMSO) WOODWARD, SIR L.:

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London Her Majesty’s Stationary Office 1970 1st edition:

Seller ID: 83883

5 vols. Tall. Approx 10 x 7 ins. In brown cloth with black and gilt spine labels and original paper dustwrappers. In very good near fine condition. With small presentation inscription from author in volume I on front endpaper, plus Compliments slip from author, plus a few other small extra paper ephemera pieces. Inside very clean and tight. 640, 679, 620, 550 & 542pp.
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Image for Napoléon Raconté par L'Image D'Après Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs et Les Peintres. Ouvrage couronné par l'académie Française. Nouvelle Édition Remaniée. (Napoleon as told by the image. After Sculptors, Engravers and Painters. Book crowned by the French Academy. New Edition Remodeled.)

Napoléon Raconté par L'Image D'Après Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs et Les Peintres. Ouvrage couronné par l'académie Française. Nouvelle Édition Remaniée. (Napoleon as told by the image. After Sculptors, Engravers and Painters. Book crowned by the French Academy. New Edition Remodeled.)

By: (NAPOLEON) DAYOT, ARMAND:

Price: £325.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1902 New Edition:

Seller ID: 82403

Large hardback, 12 x 8 inches. Quarter bound in black morocco leather to spine and corners and grey cloth boards. Fine binding by “Zaehnsdorf.” Gilt lettering, raised banding and gilt decoration to spine, gilt line detailing to boards. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. In very good condition. Rubbing to edges and corners. A couple of minor rubbing marks to rear. Bookplate to front “Ethel Isobel Lindo.” Binders stamp to front endpaper “Bound by Zaehnsdorf.” Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout (paper is bright semi-gloss.) 384pp. With many B&...
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Napoléon Et Son Fils Limited Numbered Edition

By: (NAPOLEON) MASSON, Frederic:

Price: £925.00

Publisher: Paris, Goupil & Cie. / Manzi, Joyant & Cie. 1904 1st Limited Numbered Edition 728/800.:

Seller ID: 82425

Large hardback, 13 x 10 inches. Bound in full brown morocco leather binding. Gilt lettering, raised banding and gilt and extensive gilt decorations to spine and boards. In very good condition. Spine has been professionally rebacked and relaid. Spine darkened, small chip at top end. Rubbing to boards and edges, small bumps/chips to corners. Some fading to front board. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout, Plates all guarded. A stunning copy. 294pp. Illustrated with 53 engravings and gravure plates, most full page, some coloured plates, and folding facsimiles.
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No Time For Geishas Journeys of a Far East Prisoner of War.

By: ADAMS, Geoffrey Pharaoh; POPHAM, Hugh;

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Leo Cooper. 1973 1st:

Seller ID: 75280

Size approx 6 x 9 inches. In brown cloth with gilt to spine and original glossy illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (Spine faded?) Spine lightened on cloth with small mark to front board. Inside pages clean and tight throughout, else an excllent clean and tight copy. 217pp. With b&w photo illustrations.
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The Battles of the British Navy. In Two Volumes.

By: ALLEN, JOSEPH:

Price: £245.00

Publisher: London, A. H. Baily & Co., 1842 1st:

Seller ID: 82903

2 Vols. Hardback, 6.5 x 4 inches. In black full morocco leather bindings. Decorative gilt paneled boards with ‘ship’ vignettes, raised banding, gilt lettering and extensive gilt designs to spines. All page edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In very good conditions. Some rubbing to extremities; edges and corners, some minor handling to boards. Endpapers clean, bookplates removed from fronts without damage (slight visible marks left). Inscription to vol.1, “E.H. Knatchbull, from his sincere friend, Charles Warren Markham, on his leaving Eton, Election 1847.” Some minor darkening to engravings....
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British Military Greats Including Essays by Kate Adie, Max Arthur, Patrick Bishop, Len Deighton & more.

By: Annabel Merullo and Neil Wenborn

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cassell Illustrated 2004 1st edition:

Seller ID: 72102

Size 7.7x10 inches. Hardback in green cloth with white lettering to spine. With original glossy illustrated dustwrapper. Very Good Condition. (DW very good, slight rubbing on rear) Inside pages very tight, clean and bright. 191p. With many Colour and B&W photographs and illustrations The need for such a small island to defend itself bravely and skilfully has given rise in Britain to one of the greatest military traditions of any country in the world. Experts and enthusiasts in the field of military history and culture examine 40 military figures, events and wartime objects that shaped and ...
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Air Aces With Biographical Notes by John Macadam.

By: ANTHONY, GORDON:

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, Home & Van Thal Ltd. 1944 1st Edition:

Seller ID: 80186

Hardback, 9.5 x 7 inches. Light blue cloth with gilt to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW edges rubbed, chip to top of spine. In protective sleeve.) Some fading to top and bottom edges of cloth. Some heavy foxing to first few pages else a clean and tight copy. 40pp + 32 B&W photo plates.
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Black Jack. The Life and Times of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan. Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler. Signed and dedicated copy.

By: ARNEIL, STAN:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Macmillan. Australia. 1983:

Seller ID: 64131

8vo. In grey cloth covers with white lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). Small marks to front endpaper. Author’s dedicatory inscription to half title page. Occasional neat pencil marks and notes in margins. Else a very clean and tight copy. 178pp. With b/w photographs and illustrations. Biography of an Australian soldier who fought in two world wars and held a commissioned rank for fifty years. Brigadier ‘Black Jack’ Galleghan was even commended by the enemy, the Jap...
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Last Post. The Final Word from Our First World War Soldiers. Signed Copy.

By: ARTHUR, MAX:

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2005 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73476

Size 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In cream cloth covers with red lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Bookseller’s label to front. Price clipped). Author’s signature to main title page. A very clean and tight copy. 272pp. With b/w photographs. Interviews with the last survivors of WWI. Includes Harry Patch.
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Napoleon; An Outline

By: BALLARD, Brigadier-General Colin R.:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1924 1st ed (US):

Seller ID: 81242

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front. In very good condition. Slight darkening to spine, some minor handling marks and rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. Neat inscription to front endpaper “DC MacDonald.” Glue repairs to hinges between endpapers. Some light foxing and minor tanning to inside pages else a clean and tight copy. 325pp. Illustrated with 24 coloured sketch maps.
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Shadows on the Sand, The Memoirs of Sir Gawain Bell. SIGNED COPY.

By: BELL, Gawain;

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, C. Hurst & Company, 1983 1st edition:

Seller ID: 77237

Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth with gilt to spine. In original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW minor rubbing to edges, price clipped.) Corners slightly bumped. SIGNED on main title page by Gawain Bell. With loose letter in front from Brigadier David J. Atkinson C.B.E. to Colonel J. E. M. Hughes O.B.E. (12, June 1984.) 258pp. With 15 b&w plates.
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Image for The Arab War. Confidential information for General headquarters from Gertrude Bell. Being Despatches reprinted from the Secret “Arab Bulletin”. Introd. by Sir K. Cornwallis.

The Arab War. Confidential information for General headquarters from Gertrude Bell. Being Despatches reprinted from the Secret “Arab Bulletin”. Introd. by Sir K. Cornwallis.

By: BELL, GERTRUDE :

Price: £650.00

Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press 1940 LIMITED ED.(500): THIS NO. 329.:

Seller ID: 82535

LIMITED EDITION in LEATHER 4to. Blue hf. morocco gt.by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. 52 pp. Colour on spine a little sunned. A few small weak marks to front board. Else very good. A nice clean copy. Contents: The Basis of Government in Turkish Arabia / Note on the Tribal Authority of the Sheikhs of Muhammerah and Kuweit in the Occupied Territories / The Rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat / Ibn Saud / Tribal Fights in the Shamiyah / Ismail Bey / The Situation in Hail.
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Image for The Book of the Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace by kind permission of the Lord Bishop of London. 20th June to 2nd July, 1910. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.

The Book of the Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace by kind permission of the Lord Bishop of London. 20th June to 2nd July, 1910. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.

By: BENSON, F.R. / ALGERNON TUDOR (eds):

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Sir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd. 1910 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 71963

Size 7.25 x 11.25 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front. With colour plate pasted to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Small marks. Corners slightly bumped.Slight browning to endpapers. Occasional old repairs to hinges. One colour plate missing. Slight browning to pages throughout. 153pp. With b/w and colour plates and line drawings in text.. The Army Pageant was held in 1910 to instill a sense of Patriotism in Britain and the Empire. Funds were raised for the Incorporated Soldier’s and Sailors’ Help Society. It consisted of a ...
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Topees & Red Berets. Saga of a Suffolk Officer 1914 - 1975.

By: BEVAN, SILVANUS:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: A Square One Publication, 1995 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 83518

Hardback, 9.5 x 6 inches. Black cloth with gilt to spine, in dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW some minor rubbing to edges, not price clipped.) Cloth clean. Authors inscription and signature to front endpaper. Pages all clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 226pp. Illsutrsated with many B&W photos and a sketch Map.
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Tales of the R.I.C.

By: BLACKWOOD: Anon:

Price: £70.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1921:

Seller ID: 82247

Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Light green cloth with dark brown lettering to spine and dark green to front. In very good condition, some minor rubbing to corners and edges, small nick/chip to bottom front corner. Some slight darkening to endpapers with 2 tiny spots to top of title page, else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 314pp. Contents include: The Informer / On The Run / The Landing of Arms / The Red Cross / The R.M. / &c...
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Image for Correspondance Inedite Officielle et Confidentielle de Napoleon Bonaparte Avec les Cours Etrangeres, Les Princes, Les Ministres, et leas Generaux Francais et Etrangers, en Italie, en Allemagne, et en Egypte. In Six Volumes. (Napoléon Bonaparte's Official and Confidential Initial Correspondence. With Foreign Courts, Princes, Ministers, and French and Foreign Generals, in Italy, Germany, and Egypt.)

Correspondance Inedite Officielle et Confidentielle de Napoleon Bonaparte Avec les Cours Etrangeres, Les Princes, Les Ministres, et leas Generaux Francais et Etrangers, en Italie, en Allemagne, et en Egypte. In Six Volumes. (Napoléon Bonaparte's Official and Confidential Initial Correspondence. With Foreign Courts, Princes, Ministers, and French and Foreign Generals, in Italy, Germany, and Egypt.)

By: BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON:

Price: £480.00

Publisher: Paris, C.L.F. Panckouke, 1809:

Seller ID: 82392

6 Volumes. Hardbacks, 7.5 x 5 inches. Quarter bound calf leather and marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering and decorations to spines. Marbled endpapers, pale yellow page edges. In very good conditions. Some minor fading to spines with a couple of minor dark patches. Small chips/bumps to corners. Small chips to sop spine corner of vol.2.1, and v.3.1. Small hand-numbered (shelf) label to front endpaper corners (XXXVI.A) Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very nice set. 518, 568 / 539, 534 / 511, 507. In French Language.
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The Vietnam War The Illustrated History of the Conflict in Southeast Asia.

By: BONDS, Ray;

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London Salamander Books 1981 1st edition:

Seller ID: 77176

Large hardback 12.5 x 9 inches. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine in illustrated glossy dustwrapper. In very good condtition, with very good dustwrapper. (Dw some minor rubbing and a couple of sml tears to edges.) 248pp. B&W & colour illustrations.
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Commentaires Sur La Cavalerie. Comments On The Cavalry

By: BOUSSANELLE, M. De:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Guillyn, 1758 1st:

Seller ID: 80985

Hardback, 6.5 x 4 inches. Halfbound in dark black/maroon leather, with maroon pebbled-cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering and banding to spine. Speckled page edges. In good condition. Some rubbing to boards; corners bumped and rubbed, spine rubbed at ends with small nick to top corner. Some fading to edge of cloth on rear side. Newer endpapers. Slight crack to front hinge. Some minor tanning to pages else pages all clean and tight throughout. In French Language. Illustrated with an engraved ‘horse’ vignette to title page and engraved headpiece to dedication page. Decorative head a...
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