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A commemorative silk programme. Quo Fata Vocant.

1914. PROGRAMME of the Presentation of Colours to the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. (5th Regiment of Foot.) By His Excellency The Right Honourable Charles, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst., G.CB., G.M.I.E., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., I.S.O. on the 15th May 1914, at Sabathu. Two printed silk leaves (four pages), the spine bound with the regimental colours. Some light crease-marking; else very good.
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MINS, Captain.
A NARRATIVE OF THE NAVAL PART OF THE EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL, under the orders of his Imperial Majesty, Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza... With a Vindication of Himself, against the Aspersions of Vice-Admiral Sertorius, and his Secretary, Captain Boid.

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833. Xv, [1 blank], 353, [1 blank], 1 Errata] pages. Illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece and three other plates. Contemporary, half calf, gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. First edition. Lacks half-title; some foxing at start and end; plates browned; binding a little rubbed; else a very good copy of a scarce work, rarely found with all its full complement of plates. The author, captain Mins, mounts a defence of himself to the change of misconduct.
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[MATHEWS, Thomas.]
A NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean, and the combined Fleets of France and Spain, from the Year 1741, to March 1744. Including an accurate Account of the late Fight near Toulon, and the Causes of our Miscarriage:

London.J. Millan. 1744. The Lines of Battle on both Sides, Plans of Villa Franca, Naples, Hieres Bay, and Toulon. The French Admiral's Journal in French and English, from the Time he left Toulon, until he anchored with his Fleet in Alicant Road. Likewise Some Signalss greatly wanted on the late Occasion: And a List of Captains and Lieutenants made by Admiral Mathews in the Mediterranean, their different Removes, &c. With many useful Observations. By a Sea-Officer. The Second Edition. viii, 112, [1 blank], [5 list], [2 ad's]pp. Illustrated with 3 (of 4; lacks map 2) folding maps and 1 folding chart (over two pages). Bound with: ORIGINAL LETTERS AND PAPERS, Between Ad-----l M-----ws, and V. Adm----l L-----K. [Admiral Mathews…
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London.J. Millan. 1744. The Lines of Battle on both Sides, Plans of Villa Franca, Naples, Hieres Bay, and Toulon. The French Admiral's Journal in French and English, from the Time he left Toulon, until he anchored with his Fleet in Alicant Road. Likewise Some Signalss greatly wanted on the late Occasion: And a List of Captains and Lieutenants made by Admiral Mathews in the Mediterranean, their different Removes, &c. With many useful Observations. By a Sea-Officer. The Second Edition. viii, 112, [1 blank], [5 list], [2 ad's]pp. Illustrated with 3 (of 4; lacks map 2) folding maps and 1 folding chart (over two pages). Bound with: ORIGINAL LETTERS AND PAPERS, Between Ad-----l M-----ws, and V. Adm----l L-----K. [Admiral Mathews and Vice Admiral Lestock.] With several Letters from Private Hands, Exhibiting Many Particulars hitherto unknown of the Transactions in the Mediterranean. With Remarks on, and Answers to the Narrative of the Fleet, from 1741 to 1744. Especially on the Author's Partiality and Great Liberties with the Characters of some Commanders. Also, Some Observations on the Conduct of the Brest Fleet, & c. London. M. Cooper. 1744. viii, 128pp. Title damaged and restored with the loss of the letter 'P' on the title-page. Bound with: THE CHARGE of Thomas Mathews, Esq; Also the Answer and Defence of Admiral Mathews To the said Charge, &c. London. E. Cooper. (1744). [2], 53pp. The three bound as one in 19th century red morocco gilt. Octavo. Binding a little rubbed; two bookplates; faults as listed after individual titles; else a very good group.
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HARVEY. Harold.
A SOLDIER'S SKETCHES UNDER FIRE.

Toronto: Thomas Allen, No date [circa 1916; inscribed 1919]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. Octavo. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original buff pictorial cloth. Octavo. First Canadian edition. Inscription on half-title which is a little worn at the fore-edge and has a short tear; else a very good copy.

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POWELL, Colin L. with Joseph E. Persico.
A SOLDIER'S WAY. An Autobiography.

London: Hutchinson, 1995. 643 [646]pp. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs. Original boards, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. First U. K. edition. Very slight age-toning to top edge; else a fine copy in a fine wrapper. The book has not been read. Signed by Powell on the title-page.

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ADKINS, Capt. H. E.
ADKIN'S TRETISE ON THE MILITARY BAND in Three Parts. Part I. Instrumentation. Part II. Arranging. Part III. Training and Conducting.

London & New York: Boosey & Co., Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xi, 253, [1] pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt. 4to. First edition. Very slight fading to spine; name on endpaper; else near fine.
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ADMIRAL MATHEWS'S CHARGE AGAINST VICE-ADMIRAL LESTOCK Dissected and Confuted.

London: John Millan, 1745. [2], 56 pages. Octavo. Bound in modern boards. First edition. Half-title present. Bookplate. A very good copy.
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FORD, Douglas.
ADMIRAL VERNON AND THE NAVY. A memoir and Vindication. being an account of the Admiral's career at sea and in Parliament, with sidelights on the political conduct of Sir Robert Walpole and his colleagues, and a critical reply to Smollett and other historians.

London.T. Fisher Unwin. 1907. xx, 322pp. Illustrated with fifteen plates. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Joints at endpapers repaired; library label removed from rear endpaper; some spotting; bookplates; evidence of a small label having been removed from front cover; else a very good copy.

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ADOLF HITLER Bilder aus dem Leben Des Führers. Herausgegeben vom Cigaretten/Bilderdienst. 1301-1400 tausend.

Hamburg. Bahrenfeld. No date, 1301. 135 pages. Colour frontispiece and mounted photographic cards throughout (all cards present). Original cloth-backed boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Folio. Residue of tape-marks on front free endpaper and blank verso of last leaf, from where the dust-wrapper was once covered in protective paper; front endpaper glued a little clumsily; wrapper a little worn at head & heel of spine; else a very good copy of book rarely found with its original dust-wrapper.

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GOLLEY, John.
AIRCREW UNLIMITED. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War 2. Foreword by Lord Barber.

Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1993. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Slight creasing to top edge of wrapper; small address label on endpaper; else a fine copy.
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AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES: Being a complete history of the battles fought by the Navy of the United States from its establishment in 174 to the present time, including the wars with France and with Tripoli, the late war with Great Britain and with Algiers: with an account of the attack on Baltimore and of the battle of New Orleans. With twenty-one elegant engravings, representing battles, &c.

Boston.J.J. Smith, Jr. 1831. [iiii], v, [vi], [7], 8-278, (2)pp. Illustrated title page and 21 full-page engravings throughout. Recently rebound in green boards with new endpapers. Octavo. First edition. Paper quite browned and marked throughout with some staining; small paper repair to title where there had previously been a burn-hole - not affecting letterpress; clean tear in page 101/102; bookplate; else a good copy only of a scarce title.

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AN ACT FOR PUNISHING MUTINY AND DESERTION, and for the better payment of the Army and their Quarters. With an Index. Also, Rules and Articles for the better government of all his Majesty's forces.

London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808. 221 pages, plus 83[84] pages. Lacks half-title; Disbound at some time and tipped into plain paper wrappers. Some light spotting and soiling; else a very good copy.
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BOUTELL, Charles.
ARMS AND ARMOUR In Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a descriptive notice of modern weapons. Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England.

London: Reeves and Turner, 1874. Hardback. Original pictorial brown cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition.

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BEETON, S. O. (Edited by.)
BEETON'S HERO SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND TRAVELLERS IN KAFIRLAND; Gymnastics, Telegraphy, Fire-Arms, & c. Illustrated by separate plates, and numerous woodcuts inserted in the text.

London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, No date. ( Mid 1860's.). vi, (plus inserted 2pp ad'.) 670, 9ii0, 220, 32pp. illustrated ad's. Colour frontispiece and numerous wood-engravings throughout, some full-page. Original decorative cloth gilt. Octavo. Rebacked; spine expertly relaid; endpapers repaired at joints. Some occasional spotting and fore-edges browned. A very good copy.

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STRANG, Herbert.
BROWN OF MOUKDEN. A Story of the Russo-Japanese War. Illustrated by William Rainey, R.I.

London; Glasgow; Dublin; Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1906. [iv], ix, [x], 1-370pp + [4]pp adverts to rear. Black & white frontispiece, 5 other black & white plates and 4 maps and plans. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some spotting to fore-edges; small stain to top of front board; bookplate; else a very good copy, complete with the loosely inserted synopsis sheet.

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DANIELL, David Scott.
CAP OF HONOUR The Story of The Gloucestershire Regiment (THE 28th/61st FOOT) 1694-1950.

London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951. Hardback in original price-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a very good wrapper. Tipped on to the front free endpaper is a three-page typed letter from the author.

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CAPTAIN OPIE’S APPEAL against the illegal Proceedings of Vice-Admiral Mathews, to the Late Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great-Britain, &c. &c. To which is annexed, the Letters that passed between Captain Opie and Mr. Corbett, Secretary to the Admiralty; with an Introduction shewing the Necessity of a Regulation in Sea Courts-Martial.

London: M. Cooper, 1745. [4], [i], ii-viii, [9], 10-50pp. recent paper-covered boards. 4to. Bookplate. A very good copy.

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WILCOX, W. A.
CHINDIT COLUMN. With nine full-page illustrations and two maps.

London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1945. 137 pages. Hardback. Dust-wrapper. First edition. Loosely laid in is a request for a review. Wrapper a little worn at extremities; else a very good, clean copy.

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BALDOCK, Lieut-Col. T. S.
CROMWELL AS A SOLDIER. Forming the fifth volume of The Wolsey Series Edited by Capt. Walter H. James.

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 538 pages. Illustrated with eleven folding maps. Original red cloth, gilt. Octavo. Spine mellowed; some pencil notes on half-title; few leaves at end unopened; else very good.
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MOUNTENEY-JEPHSON, A. J.
EMIN PASHA and the Rebellion at the Equator. A story of nine months experiences in the last of the Soudan provinces. By A. J. Mounteney-Jephson (One of Stanley’s Officers) with the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley. With map and numerous illustrations. Second edition.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. xxiv, 490, (2 ad’s) pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one full-page plates, a folding map; two folding plates at rear, and other illustrations within the text. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. Some light foxing here & there, else a particularly handsome copy.
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