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8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New and comprehensive study of boys in the Georgian navy.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original boards, red cloth back lettered in gilt, dark, uncut, fore-edge a little dusty else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.
Ex-library: labels on the FEP and stamps on the page block, pages are bright and tight. No jacket. Used
8vo., First Edition thus; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightl creased and frayed at edges. The memoirs of John Shipp, lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th Regiment, and a classic account of military life in India.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 3 fine facsimiles, all with captioned tissue guards; decorative half vellum gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 700 COPIES NUMBER BY HAND (THIS COPY NO. 98). 'Publications of the Naval History Society', vol. VIII. Dallas's journal includes a lengthy account of his participation in support of Governor Stevens and the settlers in Washington Territory during the Indian War of 1855-56 (pp. 197-211). The appendix contains the journal of Lt. Thomas Phelps who also gives a detailed account (pp. 245-292). Smith, 2230.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and large folding map on japon at end; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears at head of backstrip.
Sm. 8vo., title moderately browned, outer margins and fore-edges very lightly browned; handsomely bound in blue cloth, morocco back, leather label lettered in gilt, original wrapper preserved, an attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Scarce.
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 engraved portrait frontispieces, 19 engraved portraits, numerous diagrams in the text and 28 folding abstracts, some light and inoffensive age-staining; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, marbled boards, backs with flat bands lettered and numbered in gilt, red edges, three volumes expertly rebacked to style with old backstrips laid down, a good, bright, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs, and neat press-mark on title rectos and versos.
2 vols., [of 6], 8vo., with diagrams in the text,and 9 large folding Abstracts in second volume, some mild spotting (slightly heavier in second volume); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered in gilt, both very good, firm copies. With the fine nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of James Wells Armstrong on front paste-downs. Volume V covers the period 1808-1811; Volume VI from 1811 to 1820.
301p. + Photo Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page plates. Text illustrations. Inked ownership of Jeannette G. Hoyt. Sm. 4to. Original full green cloth binding. Hardbound. First published in 1897, this guide to the art and architecture of the U.S. Capitol provides useful materials on: its building; commissioning of its major art works; excerpts from journals of painters and architects involved; etc. Also has useful "keys" identifying all figures depicted in Trumbull's historical paintings in the Rotunda: the "Declaration of Independence"; "Surrender of General Burgoyne"; "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis"; and "General Washington resigning his Commission". AMERICANA BOX 4
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
117 pages. Between 1896 and 1914, the Canadian government carried out a vigorous programme in central Europe, Britain, and the United States to persuade people to immigrate to the Canadian west, "The Last Best West." Hundreds of thousands of prospective settlers from diverse and distinctive ethnic backgrounds responded, leading to an extraordinary mass migration which changed the face of Canada. The great campaign to populate the west is presented here in a compelling and moving selection of more than 190 photographs of the period, together with short related texts. We see all the paraphernalia of the government advertising campaign, the journey from the settler's homelands, the development of western cities and industries and, above all, the people whose lives transformed - and were transformed by - the Canadian west. Gift greetings on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has average wear with few small chips missing and an assortment of short tears. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; lilac cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Acclaimed biography of the First Lord of the Admiralty ('in a class by himself') during the American War of Independence - and the inventor of our favourite fast food.
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; original blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. The second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' [Albion]. Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4d; NMM V:I, 2163; Sandler 2197 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Tenth Edition thus, with 18 plates containing 24 plans of naval battles, 3 full-page maps and large folding map (this last lightly age-soiled); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with anchor in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, gilt blocking from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate preliminaries, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Mahan's most celebrated work, written whilst still a captain and first published in Boston earlier the same year. It is here that Mahan coins the term 'sea power' and in a masterly opening chapter defines the elements of this concept. Thereafter he embarks on a stage-by-stage analysis of the maritime conflicts that resulted in Britain's naval supremacy, illustrating his strategic assessments with a flood of examples. After some while in the doldrums, Mahan's reputation as a naval historian and strategist is once again on the rise. Albion, p.211; Hattendorf, A2b; NMM V/1 514; Sandler 2196 (all recording the first UK edition).
Features/Photos: Lord Beaverbrook; The Mariners leave Plymouth for Lisbon and Rhode Island; The Rhodesians and Nyasaland; Armageddon 1918; Excavations in Swat, Northern Pakistan; A family moves home to a jungle-stripped valley in Ceylon; Dress rehearsal for moon project Apollo; and unmarked. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 31 plates on 22; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The standard account of the renowned Royal Naval Gunnery School at Whale Island, Portsmouth. Appendices include chronology, register of tenders and gunnery firing ships, and list of officers. Signed copies are rare
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The frigate HMS Unicorn was launched at Chatham in 1824. The oldest British built ship afloat, she is currently undergoing long-term preservation in Dundee.
59 pages. Features: Powder Flask; An Account of Tomothy Bolton and his Model 1795 Musket; Spanish Triple Lock Pictures; The Cartridge Collector; The 'Scooped Out' Colt, A Rare Variation?; German 9mm Parabellum Cartridges Through 1918; Vicksburg Duellers; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. Nineteen notable essays on Drake, Tromp, Blake, de Ruyter, Juel, Hawke, de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Nelson, Miaoulis, Farragut, von Tegthoff, Dewey, Togo, Jellicoe, Scheer, Cunningham, Yamamoto, Spruance and Halsey
8vo., First Edition, with 3 maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Cartonn?. 95 pages. Jaquette d?fra?chie. (Petits manques).
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates; attractively bound in ivory buckram, upper board blocked with ship's badge in gilt, blue buckram back lettered in gilt, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
32 pages. This issue is twice as long as previous issues due to its blockbuster treatment of "The Case of Belgium" with reproductions of documents incriminating to Belgium. Features: The (New York) "Times" in Despair; Irish Home Rule Bill; Government Control of Public Utilities, by Frank Koester; "I Protest", by Clara Viebig - one of the foremost novelists of Europe; We Demand Real Neutrality; What is an American German?, by Representative Richard A. Bartholdt of Missouri; The Case of Belgium - In the light of official reports found in the secret archives of the Belgium Government after the occupation of Brussels with facsimiles of the documents - a major article; cartoon shows a German dog being taken before an English firing squad; England's Embarrassment is Ireland's Opportunity; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine