Furse, Colonel George ArmandMareMagnum
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xii, 416 pages. Index. All black and white plates and maps present. "The Austerlitz campaign, one of Napoleon's very best, was fought a hundred years ago, and would have been fought under very different conditions in our days. Nevertheless it contains many of the fundamental principles of the art of war, acknowledged rules of action which hold good just as much now as they did in the early part of the nineteenth century." - from Preface. Average wear to dark green boards handsomely adorned with clearly legible gilt. Unmarked. Binding intact. Considerable lean to spine. Tiny bookseller's tag inside front board. A quality copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 333pp. The story of Admiral Lord Collingwood, Nelson's best friend and hero, renowned for his seamanship and giunnery, it was Admiral Collingwood who opened the Battle of Trafalgar where he was second in command to Nelson.
Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text, terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. First issued in 1987. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
78 pages. Features: Simcoe's Legacy - Ontario, Toronto, and the Queen's Rangers; The Hague Porcelain - a brief history and description of The Hague porcelain; Georgian Elegance in Canada; Prologue to Toronto - The Town of York, 1793-1834; Straw Weaving - Revived in Saskatchewan; David and His Harp - An Historic Canadian Organ Case in Chicago; Trafalgar Lodge - a rare example of Gothic Revival in Montreal; English Silver - The French Connection. Light wear. Sound copy. Book
grand in-8°, 371 pages, ill. in-t., cartes, broche, couverture illustree.- Bon état. [CA26-0][SO-7]
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusty. 24pp. Concise, very well illustrated biography of Nelson.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Acclaimed modern biography. 'Tom Pocock's biography of Horatio Nelson is written with obvious authority. It takes us through his life from birth to death, not only with a wealth of new detail but also with a richness of quotation from contemporary letters and papers which dramatically points up the detail' (Peter Kemp). The first edition is already scarce in this condition.
72 pages. Reprint of the 1877 first edition published by Walker & Miles of Toronto. Contains twenty-eight maps, thirty-two portraits of dignitaries, thirty-seven illustrations of residences, and twenty-six illustrations of local businesses and views. Pages 53 through 72 provide written information including: lists of the County and town officers, agricultural production, educational statistics, population, descriptions of some of the principal towns and villages of the County, and dozens of biographical sketches. Large handsome gilt decoration and lettering upon black front board. Average external wear. Prior owner's neat signature upon front free endpaper. Binding open at page 57 and partially at index. An invaluable guide to the early history of Halton County. Dimensions: 18" x 12.5" Book
Mm 135x190 "Collana di monografie sull'Ardimento italiano in ogni tempo" - Brossura originale con sovraccoperta, 151 pagine con 8 tavole in nero non comprese nel testo. Copia ottima.
Un fort volume de format in 8° de 2ff.; 382 pp.; reliure en demi basane vert empire, dos à 4 nerfs; titres dorés. Traduit de l'espagnol par Francis de Miomandre. reproductions hors texte de Francisco Goya. Très bel état. Voir photos
In-4, brossura (dorso abraso), in buono stato di conservazione. In questo numero: “Il commovente addio del popolo di Fiume alla Brigata Granatieri che è stata sostituita dalla Brigata Regina” “Il caldo a Londra. Dall’alto della sua colonna Nelson ha assistito ripetutamente in questi giorni a uno spettacolo insolito e pittoresco: turbe di ragazzi prendevano d’assalto le fontane di Trafalgar Square..” .
Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta con leggere tracce d'uso, 286 pagine. Libro in buone-ottime condizioni complessive; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, mancante della sovraccoperta NO DJ, firma di precedente proprietario. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "I Libri Pocket" - Brossura originale, 246 pagine. Segni di usura al dorso, testo in ottime condizioni.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, endpapers lightly browned, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt and legible), a very good, bright, copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in end, and the trade ticket of W H Smith, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, on front paste-down.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, navy endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Complete set of Sugden's acclaimed biography, more than twenty years in the making and virtually certain to become the definitive account. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written biography by two of Britain's leading naval historians.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 20 coloured plates on 8, 41 monochrome plates on 16 and pictorial endpapers; navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The sixteenth Ramage novel.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper plans by Peter Goodwin; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by David Scutt. The seventeenth novel in the Sharpe series.
Pages 1317-1348. Many great black and white photos. Features: Extracts from the Log of the late Captain J.W. Holmes (continued); Britain's Coastal Trade; From Aegean to Black Sea - the series of straits dividing Europe from Asia Minor; The Glory is Departed - Beneath the dirty paint of many hulks to be seen in various parts of the world are concealed the beautiful lines of proud sailing ships that were once undisputed mistresses of the Seven Seas; Undersea Weapons - torpedoes, mines and depth charges; The "Rex" and the "Conte Di Savoia" - transatlantic records have been broken by these vessels of the Italia Line; Battle of Trafalgar. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
Pages 1349-1380. Many great black and white photos. Features: Battle of Trafalgar (continued); France's Key to the Mediterranean - Marseilles; The British Admiralty - rarely appreciated by the civilian; Building Marine Machinery - it must be done with accuracy and precision; Handling the Sailing Ship - an outline of all the major operations of seamanship and how they are carried out in various circumstances; Captain Fryatt and the "Brussels" in the War of 1914-1918; Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Monaco, France; A Square in Utrecht, Holland; Johan's Strasse and Royal Palace, Christiana, Norway; Palace of the Crown Prince, Stockholm; Frelsors Kirk, or, Church of Our Redeemer, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Place of Commerce, Lisbon; Mansion House, London; The Royal Palace, Madrid; St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Winter Palace, St. Petersburg; Mars Hill, Athens; The Suez Canal; The Great Sphinx, Egypt; Mount of Olives; Trafalgar Square, London; Stone Relief in the Church of St. John and St. Paul, Venice. Small chips from spine. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
