Military from Bristow and Garland

Printed at the Oxford University Press, n.d but c. 1920? Numbered XL1 to XL 15. 14 are pasted back to back. Bound together in full contemporary black calf lettered in gilt "German Medals Set 40. Specimen Copy". Spine badly chipped at base, corners bent.

Russians Lose 56,806 prisoners and several times that number of dead in six weeks - Nearly a Thousand Tanks and close on 12,000 aircraft destroyed. American Steamer torpedoed. etc etc.

Descriptive of the game shot in India, South Africa, British East Africa, Rhodesia, & Nepal. The left hand pre-printed page has columns for Date, Members of the Shooting Party, and Place. The other columns are headed as to game shot and are for:Tiger:Leopard:Bear:Sambue:Chettal:Antelope:Boar:Geese:Duck:Partridge:Snipe: & Quail. Two colums heading are left blank for any other species one has bagged,… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: T. C. & E. Jack, 1900. Well illustrated in colour and b&w. 6 volumes large 8vo (10 x 7 1/4 inches), original pictorial cloth blocked in red & black. Some foxing to prelims. Two spines darkened, endpapers tanned. Overall good. Weight 6.7 kg thus extra postage will be requested.

British Army Printing Service, British Army of the Rhine. 10 folding maps in endpocket lacking Map 3. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), 171-pages. Original grey lettered cloth, lacking backstrip.

Combined Pub. Penn. 2000. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches), 252-pages. Fine in slightly edge curled else fine dust jackst. Please excuse the reflection in the photograph.

All the manuscipt records pasted into the volume apart from 15 of the later records which are typescript and pasted in. On 51 light card leaves, the remainder blank. Some damp marking/browning to blank margins, the glue used to paste at the margins has discoloured and occasionally damaged where used. With a charming watercolour frontispiece and decorative watercolour title-page… Read more about this item

Dutton, New York, n.d. Coloured frontispiece, plates, some coloured. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), 291-pages. Original purple cloth, spine faded, foxing to prelims and at end. Inscription dated "British Embassy, Washington, 23 Arpril, 1943".

The 1st entry dated High Wycombe 7th June 1878. "It was resolved unanimously that a subscription fund be opened for the purpose of presenting Lord Carrington on the occasion of his forthcoming marriage with a suitable token of the regard and esteem felt for him by the Regiment". Over the next 80-pages the minutes of numerous meetings are recorded. Concluding… Read more about this item

A Brown & Sons, London, 1937. First edition, plates and maps, one being large and folding in endpocket. 8vo ( 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), 204-pages, original blue cloth gilt. Damp mark to lower forecorner of upper cover else very good.

Not published. The History written over 45-pages, rectos only, with on the facing blanks cuttings from a printed "Record of the Royal Bucks & King's Own Militia Dedicated by Permission to the Hon. Mrs. Caulfield Pratt". Wiith other leaves from this work loosely inserted. 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches), old half calf over marbled boards with MS… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1938. First edition. Portrait frontispiece, 27 folding maps. Plates. 4to (10 x 7 3/4 inches), 461-pages. Original green bevelled cloth gilt; a little rubbed. Overal very good. * Volume 2, by Simon Harris, was not published until 2011. Weight 1.588 kg thus extra overseas postage will be requested.

Phototypie P.G. Evrard, Paris, 1911. 19 full-page photographic plates. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 1/2 inches), original printed wrappers. Upper wrapper signed by an officer of the 43rd Light Infantry. Wrappers soiled and rubbed. Overall very good and internally very good. Very rare. The group photographs depict: Officers; Colours; Battalion on Parade; Seargeants; Corporals; Band; Buglers; Signalers; A, B,… Read more about this item

John Murray, London, 1908. First edition thus. Folding map, plates. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), 394-pages. + publisher's catalogue at end. Original black cloth with title panel in orange on upper cover as issued. Spine gilt. Binding rubbed and marked but very sound.

George Allen, London, n.d. The 3 parts bound as one with the continous pagination added by hand in red ink, 8vo (8 3/4 x 6 inches). 447-pages. Contemporary burgundy cloth with black lettering piece. Some crayon marginal marking, prelims. foxed. Overall very good. Uncommon.

War Office, May 1915. Very large coloured combination map sheet, 61 x 50 inches, dissected and mounted on linen. Folding within the original folio marbled covers with printed label. In excellent and clean condition. The photograph shews only a very small detail.

Christophers, London, 1932. First edition. Portrait. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches), 327-pages, original blue cloth; very good. Inscribed on front free endpaper "For Muriel who lived so many of these scenes with me. And in memory of one particular adventure which will be described in the next "Patrol". W. Stewart Roddie, London, 1933". Largely concerning German disarmament.

Andre Deutsch, London, 1956. First edition. 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches). 188-pages. Original cloth a little mottled else good in good price clipped dust jacket.

Honourable Artillery Company 1986. Third edition. Plates & illustrations. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 458-pages. Original black cloth armorially gilt. Excellent in like dust jacket. Please excuse the reflections in the photograph.

Royal Artillery Institution, 1988. First edition. Plates & Maps. Large 8vo (10 x 7 inches), 490-pages. Original grained blue cloth armorially gilt. Inscription on front free endpaper else fine in very good dust jacket. Weight 1.525 kg thus extra overseas postage will be requested. Please excuse the reflections in the photograph.