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London: George Bell & Sons, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo Large (over 7¾" - 9¾"). N/a. xvii, 623, 4 (ads.) 1888. First edition. 8vo. large sized. Limited to an edition of 500 copies. Original publisher's red cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. Upper edge gilt. Black endpapers. A good only copy. No inscriptions. Notable damp/moisture damage to the original cloth boards - most notably to the corners. Much less so towards the left hand joint of the spine. A little colour run from the front board to the lower corner of the front endpaper, the preliminary blank page, less so the title page (now the extreme corner) and a few other leaves. A 3.8cm expertly repaired split to the cloth at the head of the spine. Upper edge gilt. A former owner's black ink name inscription to the head of the preliminary blank page. Some mostly light scattered spotting to the pages and a very short tear to the leading edge of page 17 expertly repaired. A… Read More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in original red boards with gilt on front and spine. First edition (1887). Book is in good condition. Clean, unmarked pages. Spine is faded with a few worn spots, spine ends have moderate wear. Hinge is loosened at rear and final page is brittle and detaching. Bookplate of J.H. Edgar affixed to front endpage. 8vo. 144 pp. From the estate of Canadian military collector extraordinaire Donald Skinner. Predates the larger, limited edition published in 1888. Scarce.

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1888. Limited Edition. Thick Octavo. Limited to 500 copies. xxii, 623 pages, bibliographic references; illustrations. small errata sheet tipped in at xxii. After a long military career with service in the 29th regiments, the 24th during the Second Anglo-Sikh War, he then served with King's Royal Rifle corps and he held the rank of Major until his death in 1889. Besides this major reference work, he also published Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies. An ex-library copy with their stamp, rebound in 3/4 red leather over red cloth centrally stamped in gilt depicting a royal coat of arms, raised bands gilt decorated, lettering and top edge gilt, endpapers renewed, light toning to pages. A very nice copy.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1888.. Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. xxii, 623; small b/w illustrations throughout, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt device on front board, spine bumped and faded with several small light marks, corners bumped, good copy. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Good+, no dj Military George Bell and Sons London 1888 Limited Ed. Leather 8vo, 623 pages, b+w illustrations, 3/4 leather binding, top edge gilt, decorated endpapers Presentation inscription inked on front endpaper: Presented to Major G.R. Macnab, Gordon Highlanders by David S. Miller as a souvenir of his son Captain D.S. Miller, Gordon Highlanders, 5th December 1909, Aberdeen Depot,Castlehill Barracks. G.R. Macnab took part in the relief of Chitral and received the India Medal with the Relief of Chitral clasp. David S. Miller was author of A Captain of the Gordons and saw action in the Boer War and Somaliland campaigns. Winston Churchill called the Gordon Highlanders "... the finest regiment that ever was!" Inked at the top of the title page is "7th April 1900 D.S. Miller 1st Batt.n Gordon Highlanders" The book was printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. There is extremity rubbing; the inside front hinge paper is cracked; 2 signatures protrude slightly from the fore edge;… Read More