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John Murray, 2014. 9781444796582. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xxix + 206, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 9780340657904. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. x + 518 with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
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William Heinemann, 2015. 9781785150289. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 278 (no inscriptions). More
A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY Volume 8 The Western Front 1915-1918 Epilogue 1919-1939
Leo Cooper, 1997. 0850524679. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xxv + 397, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY Volume 7 The Curragh Incident and the Western Front 1914
Leo Cooper, 1996. 0850524377. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xxiii + 262, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES Consisting of Critical Observations of several Plays of Shakespeare with a Review of His Principal Characters and those of Various Eminent Writers as Represented by Mr David Garrick ... In Three Volumes
Printed for the Author and sold at his shop in Great Russell Street, 1784. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, raised ribbed spines elaborately gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettered labels, sides with gilt ruled borders and marbled endpapers (boards a little marked and some light wear..... More
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THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL A Poem Ninth Edition
Printed for Longman Hurst Rees & Orme and A. Constable and Co., by James Ballantyne, 1808. 9th edn. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, raised ribbed spine elaborately gilt tooled in six compartments, sides gilt ruled at borders with inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers (boards a little scuffed and marked -..... More
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA Tenth Edition in Which is included the Posthumous Volume Containing the History of Virginia to the Year 1688 and of New England to the Year 1652 in Four Volumes
Printed by A. Strahan for A. Strahan T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. 10th edn. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary polished tree calf, spine gilt ruled between compartments and gilt tooled with helmet, flag and sword devices and gilt lettered labels (some light wear at edges of boards - otherwise a...... More
MR SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR
Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 1st edn. 8vo. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, raised ribbed spine gilt ruled at head and tail and blind-stamped in six compartments (VG). Pp. [xvi] + 408 + [2] blank, illus with hand-coloured plates and b&w illus by John Leech (some light spotting; no..... More
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM THIRD King of England and Stadtholder of Holland in Two Volumes
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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET Compiled from the Best and Most Ancient Historians Inquisitiones Post Mortem and Other Valuable Records and MSS... In Four Volumes
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HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA And the South of France From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 in Four Volumes
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Edited with a Scrupulous Revision of the Text in Four Volumes
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STONEWALL JACKSON And the American Civil War in Two Volumes
Longmans Green & Co., 1909. New imp. 2 vols. Contemporary half calf, raised ribbed spines elaborately gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettered labels, marbled edges and endpapers (a bright VG set). Pp. xxiii + 447 [&] 528 (no inscriptions), illus with 2 b&w plates & 33 maps..... More
THE ROYAL MILITARY CALENDAR Or Army Service and Commission Book... In Five Volumes
Privately printed (J.B.H.), c. 1985. Limited numbered (63 of 100) facsimile edn of 1820 3rd edn. 5 vols. 8vo. Original uniform brown/tan cloth (top edges spotted and gilt lost from spine lettering - otherwise a Fine set). Pp. various (no inscriptions). More
DORSET AND THE SECOND LEGION New Light on a Roman Campaign.
Tiverton: Dorset Books, 1992. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. 285, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
PORT ROYAL II
Paris: Gallimard, 1984. 2070104966. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade reprint (1984). 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue leather binding, top edge blue with glassine wrapper (near Fine), slipcase (torn at bottom edge). Pp. 1308, with yellow silk page markers (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE COURSING CALENDAR For the Autumn Season 1862
Horace Cox, 1863. 1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped diced green cloth (corners a little bumped - otherwise VG). Pp. iii + 240 + index (pages rather spotted; no inscriptions). More
THE COURSING CALENDAR For the Spring Season 1865
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THE COURSING CALENDAR For the Spring Season 1866
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THE COURSING CALENDAR For the Autumn Season 1866
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THE COURSING CALENDAR For the Autumn Season 1865
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