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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). View more info
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. View more info
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 ... View more info
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... View more info
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. View more info
By: BARRATT, John:
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 2000 1st:
Seller ID: 80238
Hardback, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated glossy dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition. With near fine dustwrap. Some minor rubbing to DW. Else a very clean and tight copy. 244pp. With maps and B&W illustrations. View more info
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. View more info
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. View more info
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 ... View more info
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... View more info
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. View more info
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... View more info
Price: £16.00
Publisher: Evans Brothers Limited. 1954 1st edition:
Seller ID: 74932
Approx 6 x 9 inches in dark blue cloth with gilt to spine, in original dustwrapper ( loose in protective sleeve). In very good condition. Very slight rubbing to cloth and very tips of spine faded where exposed over dw. Neat inscription to front endpaper else a very clean and tight copy. 217pp. With b&w photo illustrations. View more info
By: BRELSFORD, W.V.:
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Kent, Galago Publishing Ltd., 1990 repr:
Seller ID: 80231
Hardback, approx 10 x 8 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrap. (DW spine faded, Not clipped.) Cloth clean, inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 134pp. Illustrated with B&W photographs and maps. View more info
By: BROADLEY, A. M.:
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Stanley Paull & Co., 1912:
Seller ID: 78986
Large hardback, 10 x 7.5 ins. Beveled boards, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt portrait vignette to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges and corners. Slight fading to spine with sml label mark nr bottom. Endpapers slightly darkened. Some small foxing spots to pages else a clean and tight copy. 332pp. 33 b&w plates including frontispiece. View more info
By: CAESARIS, C. JULII: DAVISII, Joannis:
Price: £200.00
Publisher: Cantabrigiæ, (Cantabury, London,) Joannis Oweni, (John Owen) 1706 1st:
Seller ID: 79821
Hardback, 8.5 x 6 inches. In full calf leather binding, embossed paneled boards, raised banding to spine, with gilt lettering to brown leather label. Speckled edges. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, some minor rubbing to edges and spine. Professional repair to chipped top end of spine with new piece of leather inserted. Some darkening and marks to boards. Small inscription to corner of title page “NN 23.” Inside pages and plates all exceptionally bright, clean and free of foxing. A very clean and tight copy. 751pp + 96pp + index & addenda. Illus... View more info
By: CANNON, RICHARD:
Price: £125.00
Publisher: London George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, HMSO 1853:
Seller ID: 76036
Approx 9 x 6 ins. Hardback in salmon pink cloth covers with blind embossed decoration and gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Spine faded, corners bumped. A couple of small nicks to edges of spine. Darkening to rear. Endpapers with some slight darkening. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout, most pages still remain uncut. Else an excellent copy. Decorative title page. 2 coloured plates. (Colours and Costume of Regiment). 128pp. View more info
Price: £100.00
Publisher: Canada, Tumbleweed Press Ltd., 1980 1st:
Seller ID: 81333
Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Grey cloth with silver lettering to spine and design to front. In very good near fine condition. Authors signed dedication to front endpaper “Beryl and Charles, I hope you find this book of interest, it spans the UK, North Africa, Europe, and Canada. The photos and words reflect a little known chapter in Canadian History. All the best! David.” And signed again on dedication page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 334pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son. London. n.d. 44th ed.:
Seller ID: 59075
In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed at ends. Small marks to covers. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers and edges of most pages. front hinge slightly cracked with remains of old sticky tape repair. Else a clean and tight copy. 419pp. B/w plates and maps in text. The author has chosen fifteen battles which changed history in some way and describes the context, the battle and the consequences. Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metaurus, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, Spanish Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, Waterloo. View more info
Price: £90.00
Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son. London. 1886 (32nd.ed.).:
Seller ID: 79560
Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. In full polished “Tree-calf” leather binding, with raised banding, gilt lettering to red leather label, and decoration to spine. Gilt paneled boards with school vignette to front and back. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Spine very slightly faded, small thin chip to top edge. Some minor rubbing to edges and bumps to corners. Bookplate and vignettes read “Sherborne School.” Binders stamp to verso of endpaper “Bickers and Son, London.” Pages clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 639pp. Some maps... View more info