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COPIES OF ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM THE ARMY OF GENERAL BONAPARTE IN EGYPT, INTERCEPTED BY THE FLEET UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON.

Longstaff (F.V.) & Atteridge (A.H.) THE BOOK OF THE MACHINE GUN 1917. 1st edn. B/w plates incl. 16 fldg. engr. plates. Crimson half calf gt. Gt....

Mahan (A.T.) SEA POWER IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE WAR OF 1812. 1905. 1st edn. 2 vols. Gravure frontiss. Fldg. maps, b/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. D/ws.&#...

Maurice (Maj-Gen. Sir F.) THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS GUARDS 1642-1914. 1934. 1st edn. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w plates. Fldg. maps etc. Maps i...

Lawrence (Thomas Edward) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM 1935. 1st trade edn. 4to. B/w plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt.£40-60

Quilter (D.C.) 'NO DISHONOURABLE NAME' (The 2nd & 3rd Battalions Coldstream Guards, 1939-46). 1947. 1st edn. 4to. Signed by the author o...

Creswicke (Louis) SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR n.d. 8 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w ills. Maps etc. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. A nice set. Plus 2...

Blackwood (Lady Alicia) NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES .... DURING A RESIDENCE ON THE BOSPHORUS THROUGHOUT THE CRIMEAN WAR. 1881. Engr. title &am...

Mackey (Frank J.) & Jernegan (M.W.) FORWARD-MARCH! THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF AMERICA IN THE WORLD WAR ... Chigago, 1934-6. 2 vols. Large 4to. B...

Schulze (Hans Rudolf) UNSERE LUFTFLOTTE IM WELT KRIEGE 1914/1915. Oblong folio. 6 mounted coloured plates, unbound in printed portfolio.£80-100

Janesch (Albert) KRIEGSBILDER VON OBERRHEIN BIS BORDEAUX. Munich, n.d. Large oblong folio. 12 col.plates. Orig. printed wraps.£40-50

KAMPF UM'S DRITTE REICH. Berlin, 1933. Fo. Mounted col. ills showing the rise to power of the Nazi Party. Orig. col. and gt. printed wraps.£...

Ardenne (Baron von) and Helmolt (Hans F.) DAS BUCH VON GROSSEN KRIEG Stuttgart etc.,n.d. 2 vols. Large 4to. Col plates, b/w ills. Orig. printed cloth.

Groner (Erich) DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE 1815-1936. Munich & Berlin, 1937. Oblong 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Burchartz (Max) UNSERE REICHS...

ZEPPELIN-WELTFAHRTEN. 1932. Oblong fo. 264 mounted b/w ills. Orig. printed wraps.£80-100

Boutell (Charles) A MANUAL OF BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 1858. Square 8vo. 20 plates, many hand-col. 24pp booklist at front. Orig. cloth gt. Some repairs to

Fox (Sir Cyril) LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE. 1959. 1st edn. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Frere (Sheppard) BRITANNIA: A HISTORY OF ROMAN BRITA

Froissart (Sir John) THE ANCIENT CHRONICLES .... OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, SCOTLAND, BRITTANY & FLANDERS. Trans: J. Bourchier 1814-16...

Vincent (James Edmund) JOHN NIXON: PIONEER OF THE STEAM COAL TRADE IN SOUTH WALES 1900. Port. frontis. Cont. crimson calf with gt. inner dentelles. Sp

McCarthy (Justin) A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. 1901. 4 vols. Copy presented to a retiring Rural Dean in Godalming in 1922 with caligraphic p

Green (John Richard) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. Illustrated edn. 1892-4. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w plates, maps, etc. Cont.

Toynbee (Arnold) A STUDY OF HISTORY 1973. 4to. Ltd edn. [33/105]. Signed by the author on t.p. Col & B/w ills. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full b

Pepys (Samuel) THE DIARY Ed. R.Latham & W.Matthews 1970-1983. 11 vols. Orig. cloth gt. D/ws (a few small tears).£100-150

Nolhac (Pierre de) MARIE ANTOINETTE THE QUEEN. Paris 7 L, 1898. 4to. Col. frontis. Gravure plates. Cont. plum-coloured half calf gt. T.e.g.£100...

Buxhoeveden (Sophie) BEFORE THE STORM: COUNTRY LIFE INDER THE STARS. 1938. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Angus (John) THE LEDGER OF JOHN SMYTHE. Ed. J

CHURCHILL. Details to be announced.

Vernon (Thomas) CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. 1726. (vol.I). Folio. Port. frontis. Cont. calf, re-backed & corners re

Williams (Montagu) LATER LEAVES 1893. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth gt. Robson (Thomas) THE ATTORNEY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND. Cambridge, 1959

Hyde (H. Montgomery) THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE. 1948. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Young (Filson) THE TRIAL OF HAWLEY HARVEY CRIPPEN. 1920. 1st

Speer (Albert) SPANDAUER TAGEBUCHER. Frankfurt, 1975. 1st edn. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/W£60-90

Ward (J.) WORKMEN AND WAGES AT HOME AND ABROAD. 1868. 1st edn. Half-title. Advt. leaf. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. 'Nemo' LABOUR AND LUXURY....

Mann (Thomas) THIS WAR Trans: E.Sutton. 1940. 1st Engl. edn. Orig. cloth gt. Sl torn d/w. Postgate (Raymond) KARL MARX 1933. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. D/W

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Ed. W.C.Taylor. n.d. [ca 1840]. 4 vols. 4to. 240 engr. plates. Owner's signatures on f.f.e.p's. Cont. green ha...

D'Agincourt (Seroux) HISTORY OF ART BY ITS MONUMENTS. 1847. 3 vols in 1. Folio. English text. 328 engr. plates. Cont. half morocco. Upper joint ...

[Zaehnsdorf binding] CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE. VOL.2. 1904. Folio. Ltd edn. [1/250] Mounted gravure plates. Full green morocco with panels

Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) LANDSCAPE 1885. Folio. Etched plates. Partly untrimmed. Advt. leaf at end. Mod. green kid, with gt. inner dentelles.£...

VERVE: REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITERATURE VOL.V. Nos. 19 & 20 COULEUR DE PICASSO 1948. folio. Mounted colour plates. B/w ills. D/w (a little thumbed...

Millais (John Guille) THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS 1899. 1st edn. 2 vols. Gravure plates, b/w ills. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Spines t

Lee (Marshall) ERTE AT NINETY-FIVE Intro: Erte. 1987. 1st edn. 4to. Col. plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. Plus 3 others, Erte.£40-50

Cree (Laura Murray) & Drury (Neville) AUSTRALIAN PAINTING NOW. 2000. 4to. Col. ills. Fine in d/w. Allen (Brian) & Dukelskaya (Larissa) BRITI...

Flint (Sir William Russell) A CATALOGUE RAISONNE. Eds. K.S. Gardner & N.D.Clark. Bristol, 1986. 4to. Ltd edn. [1500]. Col. & b/w ills. Orig....

Brassai & Russell (John) PARIS 1961. 2nd imp. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sykes (Christopher Simon) COUNTRY HOUSE CAMERA 1980. 1st edn. 4t

Coburn (Alvin Langdon) PHOTOGRAPHS 1900-1924. Zurich & N.Y. 1998. 4to. B/w ills. Fine in D/w. Adams (Ansel) PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NATIONA

Viollet-Le-Duc (Eugene Emmanuel) HISTOIRE D'UNE MAISON Paris, n.d. [ca 1880]. Engr. plates & ills. Advts. Some spotting. Cont. crimson moroc...

Betjeman (John) GHASTLY GOOD TASTE 1970. Ltd edn. [191/200]. Signed by the author. Fldg. plates. Orig. morocco-backed cloth. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF EN

Phillips (Randall) THE SERVANTLESS HOUSE 1923. 2nd edn. B/w ills. Orig. printed cloth. THE BOOK OF BUNGALOWS 1922. 2nd edn. B/w ills. Orig. cloth-back

Tredgold (Thomas) ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. Ed. E.W.Tarn. 1885. 6th edn. Port. frontis. 61 engr. plates (many fldg.). Text ills. Orig. cloth

Nicholson (Peter) THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE Ed. A.Ashpitel PRACTICAL RULES ON DRAWING (by G. Pyne). n.d.[ca 1848]. 74 engr. plates. Cont. cloth

Anon. PRACTICAL CARPENTRY, JOINERY AND CABINET MAKING. 1837. 4to. Added engr. title (sl. stained & chipped at edges). Engr. plates - some toward...

Littlejohn (David) THE FATE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE. 1997. B/w ills. Near-fine in d/w. Bernhard (Marianne) MONASTERIES .... 1998. Large 4to. Col.