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The World Crisis 1916-1918. Part I and Part II.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS, third impressions, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES, referencing to a key point in Churchill's political career. Octavo (24 x 16 x 7cm), pp.292, pp.x; 293-590. Illustrated with black and white plates, maps and other inserts, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to..... More
The Liberal Magazine vol. 14. A Periodical for the Use of Liberal Speakers and Canvassers: Forming a Political Record for the Year 1906.
London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1907. Including Churchill's speeches on South Africa and Ireland. Octavo. pp. 764; 72. In navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding somewhat loose in places, but complete with index. Good. Published following the landslide victory for the Liberal Party in the 1906 General..... More
Tales of the Gods and Heroes.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd., 1895. [Greek Myths] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a New Edition. Small octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] vi; 205 [3]. Contemporary red full straight-grained calf by RELFE BROS., with raised bands, gilt titles to a green label, further gilt decoration to spine, and a...... More
The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War. With Maps and Illustrations.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1921. [Military history] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 392. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in gilt and black and white to spine and upper, dust-jacket with printed price of 42/= net to spine. Illustrated throughout both in-text and with plates..... More
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii.
London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1817-1819. [Ancient History and Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Parts one and two complete, bound as one volume. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.xxxii; 273 [3]. Including a leaf with emendations and instructions to the binder. Complete with 77 engraved plates, some folding, each with a tissue..... More
Regeneration. Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910. [Charity History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 264. With six black and white photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece. Publisher's maroon cloth with titles in gilt to spine, and blind to upper. Gently toned throughout, with a little light spotting to preliminaries. Fairly..... More
The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Volume IV, The 60th: The K.R.R.C. With Illustrations and Maps.
London: John Murray, 1929. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xl; 398. With four black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece, and 20 maps. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt regimental badge to upper. Black ink stamp of Regimental Headquarters, The Royal..... More
Recollections of Rifleman Harris.
London: Peter Davies, 1929. [Napoleonic Wars] Second impression thus. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 191 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dark green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. A nice clean copy internally. Jacket shows some toning to spine and a little wear to edges..... More
Jungle Trails in Northern India.
London: Methuen and Company, 1938. RARE FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[10], 278. With 24 photographic plates including a frontispiece. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With rare original dust-jacket. Maps printed to endpapers. Some damage to head of spine. Jacket spine sunned, with loss to head and tail..... More
Return to Malaya.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. [South-East Asian travel] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.[6] 376 [2]. Publisher's light green cloth with dark red titles to spine and upper board. Maps to endpapers. Top edge green; others untrimmed. With the red and green dust-jacket, priced at $3.00..... More
A History of Eton College (1440-1910).
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. FINELY BOUND, Fourth Edition. Large Octavo, pp.[4]; xxiv; 627; [5]. With 11 full-page plates, some colour, including a frontispiece. Also with 63 in-text woodcuts. In contemporary brown full morocco by SPOTTISWOODE, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Black..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching..... More
Nation.
London: Doubleday, 2008. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[14]; 409; [8]. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine, blue 'starry sky' endpapers from John Sanford/Science Photo Library, illustrations internally. Pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Jonny Duddle, printed price of £16.99. Written by the Carnegie-medal winning author... More
My Sporting Holidays.
London: Edward Arnold, 1904. [Hunting and Fishing] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 367 [17]. With 16 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. A large black ink ownership dated Xmas 1904 to..... More
Indian States and the New Regime.
Sitamau: [Privately printed], 1937. [Indian history and politics] INSCRIBED ADVANCE COPY. First edition. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxvi; 469 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'Presented to the | most Honourable the Marquess of | Zetland, P.C., G.C.S.I., | G.C.I.E., etc. | the Secretary of State..... More
Prelude to Victory.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge stained red. Dust wrapper has titles in black to front cover and spine, rear cover blank. With an introduction by Winston Churchill, fold-out maps and photographic illustrations. Binding is lightly rubbed..... More
Dwin Bramall: The Authorised Biography of Field Marshall the Lord Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC.
Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2005. [Military Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 272. With a suite of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, and also INSCRIBED by Lord Bramall to Sharon Taylor in blue ink to title..... More
The County Companion, Diary, Statistical Chronicle, and Magisterial and Official Directory for 1887; Containing: the Calendar—Post Office Regulation—Names of British and Foreign Ambassadors—A Topographical, Geological, and Historical Description of the Counties of England and Wales, Supplemented by Electoral, Financial, Administrative, Police, Criminal, Agricultural, and General Statistics, and Comprising Useful Information respecting the Quarter Sessions, Petty Sessional and Lieutenancy Divisions, Prisons, Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Asylums, Chambers of Agriculture and Commerce, Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities, School Boards, Burial Boards, Poor-Law Districts, and Militia and Volunteer Forces; also a County Magisterial Directory, a Table of Acts of the Parliamentary Session of 1885, and a reliable Government, Public Offices, Law, Parliamentary, Banking, and Insurance Guide.
London: Waterlow & Sons, 1887. [Country Almanac] ORIGINAL DIRECTORY. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.lxxxviii; 586. Also with an unpaginated diary and cash account section towards rear, not filled out. Publisher's grain-effect cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges speckled red; advertisements to endpapers. Hinges split..... More
Heralds of England. A History of the Office and College of Arms.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967. [English Heraldry] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 23cm), pp.xxviii; 609 [1]. With 44 illustrated plates, many in colour. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and light blue endpapers. Top edge gilt, with the red illustrated dust-jacket. Presented in the original plain card..... More
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