Search Results: Military from Stephen Rench

Sunbury, 1865 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 79, [1] pages. Bound in half leather which is very worn. Remains of a paper label to the spine. Ink name to the title page - G.M. Cardew 67th Regt, Sunbury February 12th 1866. Another ink number to the title page - 112. This number also written on an old paper label to the front pastedown. End papers are very spotted. Tears to the upper edge of the rear free end paper. Some minor ink and pencil corrections throughout..

London: A and C Black Ltd, 1920 Book. Illus. by Painted by Inglis Sheldon-Williams. Good. Hardcover. xiv, 208 pages + 32 plates. In the original cloth binding but this is worn and stained, the spine is faded. Ink presentation inscription to the front free end paper - D Jobson Scott from Inglis + Ina Sheldon Williams 1911 + after. Abrasion to the Inglis part of the name. A later ink owner's name below. Some staining to the end papers. Pages near the plates are browned and spotted. Paper split over the rear inner hinges..

Coventry, 1927 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 371, [1] pages. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spine. Loosely inserted are a photograph of a older man and younger woman by a wooden grave marker for Charles Edwin Adkins together with a printed letter from the War Graves Commission in 1929 stating that permanent headstone have been erected in Isbergues Communal Cemetery. Charles Edwin Adkins is listed on page 11. Ink inscription to the front free end paper - To George, Bobby and Teddy from Granny in memory of Oct 8th 1927. Front free end paper creased..

London: G.F. Tupper, 4 Barge Yard, Bucklersbury Book. Good. Disbound. 28 pages + folding plate. Disbound pamphlet without covers. Undated, untraced in online library catalogues - mid to late 19th century..

London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1847 Book. Good. Hardcover. [ii], xxviii, 114, [2] pages + 3 coloured plates. Browning and offsetting to the title page and pages xxiii and xxvi from other printed matter. In the original red cloth binding which is gilt lettered to the front board and spine. Spine faded and browned. Armorial bookplate of J.V. Scudamore tot he front pastedown and an ink note about him to the facing page. Spotting to some pages. Browning to pages throughout. The title page for this volume comes on page xix after the introduction to the infantry..

London: James Pattie, Brydges Street, 1839 Book. Good. Half leather. xvi, 48, 65-720 pages + portrait frontispiece and other illustrations in the text. Not the best printed book. Pages at the start are browned. Apparently issued in parts originally which may well explain the jump in page numbers, but is complete when compared the a version online scanned from the Bodleian Library. Newspaper cutting tipped in to the front end papers. A note from a previous owner in 1937 tipped in to the front free end paper. Tears to the inner margins of the pages. Stains, particularly to pages 172/3. A few ink corrections, notes and lines. In old half leather binding, but the spine is torn and damaged at the head..

London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1898 Book. Good. Hardcover. [vi], 272 pages + 73 plates, some folding + an additional folding plate facing page 214. In old cloth binding which has wear tot he head and foot of the spine. Lists of other publications to the end papers. Ink stamps of the 2nd Ches. R.E. (Rly. Volrs.) Crewe dated 8 Nov 1898 to the front end papers and a number written in ink to the front pastedown. Starting to split at the sides of the spine..

Barton on Sea: A & J Partnership, 1995 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. ISBN 0951606514. x, 188 pages + plates. Signed by the author to the title page. Original covers have been removed. Now in a full leather binding, blind ruled decoration to the boards and gilt lettering to the spine. Green leather, spine fading. No indication as to who the binder was..

London: Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationer's Court, Ludgate Street, 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. viii, 308 pages + frontispiece. Also bound in are variant pages 155/6 and 145/6 which are bound in after page 146. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spine. Printed paper label to the spine. Small label to the head of the spine numbered 178 in ink. Pages spotted throughout, heavier to the first half of the volume. Stain to the head of the first few pages. A few page corners torn off, but not affecting the text. Staining to some pages. Offsetting from the frontispiece to the title page..

London: Printed for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street, 1758 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. [ii], 253. [1] pages + folding coloured map as frontispiece and a folding battle plan. ESTC T171556 - just three locations listed. In old marbled paper covered boards with leather spine and corners. Lightly worn and lacking the lettering label from the spine. Browning and spotting to the end papers. Small tear to the map frontispiece. Light soiling and a small spot to the title page..

Cirencester: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard Printing Works, 1914 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 223, [1] pages + 3 plates and frontispiece, 2 other full page illustrations in the text. Complete as listed. In the original blue cloth binding, light wear to the edges. Light browning to some pages. The edges of a few pages are torn where carelessly opened. A few pencil lines to the margins..

London: Printed for P. Steel at the Navigation Warehouse, Little Tower Hill, 1802 Book. Good. No Binding. Undated, date suggested from online library catalogues. [iv], civ, 122, [6] pages + Frontispiece and 6 other plates. Disbound with no binding, text block split between pages xii and xiii. Light browning to pages. Some plates closely trimmed..

London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1863 Book. Good. Hardcover. xii, 67, [5] pages. In the original paper covered boards and leather spine. The spine is very worn and missing a small section at the head. Pages 24/25 lightly browned. Pages 32/33 very browned from a piece of paper no longer present. A few other spots here and there..

London: Printed for W. Owen in Fleet Street, 1778 Book. Good. Full-Leather. v, [vii], 562, [2] pages. ESTC T111971. Frontispiece and 6 other plates and pages which are all shown in the images attached. I cannot be sure that this is complete as I have been unable to locate a sufficiently detailed catalogue record. The folding plate facing page 208 is damaged with loss, has repairs to the edges and is very creased. There is a repaired tear into the text of the plate facing page 123. Sections cut out from the running titles of pages 241/2 and 341/2. Some pages very spotted. Ink underlining and scribble to pages 342 and 343. Ink note - impracticable - to page 340. Pages 199-202 are browned and torn at the foot of the page. Pages lightly browned and spotted throughout. Re-bound in modern full leather and new end papers..

1739: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick Lane Book. Good. Disbound. 32 page pamphlet, disbound with no covers. Some soiling to the outer pages and a few corners folded. ESTC T35803 where the author is identified. Written by the Prime Minister's younger brother in the period leading up to the war of Jenkins' ear..

Birmingham: Printed for the author, by Swinney & Hawkins, 1797 Book. Fair. Hardcover. An historical journal of the British campaign on the continent in the year 1794; with the retreat through Holland in the year 1795. By Captain L.T. Jones of the 14th Regiment Birmingham: Printed for the author, by Swinney & Hawkins; 1797 x, [ii], 183, [1] pages + 5 plates, all folding. ESTC T116327. The frontispiece map is torn along one of the folds, it has old paper repairs to the rear, but has torn once again. Some tears to the other plates also. Page edges of some of the plates are worn where they overlap the adjoining text pages The frontispiece map is coloured, two have minimal colouring and the others have none. In the very worn remains of an old half leather binding, spine damaged, split down either side of the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown - John Stewart. Old paper label partly removed from the upper outer corner of the front pastedown. End papers browned from contact with the leather… Read More

Birmingham: The Midland Counties Herald Ltd, 1906 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [xii], 390 pages + plates and a folding map - complete as listed. Original binding, coloured cloth and gilt lettered, Spine with middle section torn out and loosely inserted. Very worn. Binding loose and front board detaching. Pages lightly browned throughout. Title page browned and spotted. Bookplate to the front pastedown from the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Pte H Vale, 2 Company 1907..

London: Printed for Harding Lepard and Co, 1826 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 6 volumes. All in the original cloth covered boards with paper labels to the spines - all rather worn. All spines torn with loss and/or detached. Booklabels to each volume of W.I. Cole. Some contemporary news cuttings added to end papers and some loosely inserted. Browned and spotted throughout, very badly in places. A heavy set, extra postage will be needed to send outside the UK..

London: Published by J.M. Richardson [ . . . ], 1810 Book. Good. Hardcover. xxviii, 232 pages + pages 3* and 4*. Pages 1,2, 3* and 4* are bound in reverse order, but complete. The side note on page 3* has been trimmed by a binder. Now bound in modern cloth, lettered to the spine. Some pages spotted..

London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1814 Book. Good. Half leather. xix, [i], 234 pages Bound with - Isaac Landman, The principles of fortification reduced into questions and answers for the use of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The third edition with many additions. London: Printed by Joyce Gold and sold by T. Egerton; 1806. [ii], 72, [12] pages + 3 folding plates. Bound together in old half leather. Spine split at edges, but boards holding. Ink owner's name to the front free end paper - Chas Ansell 1848. Pages spotted, some staining also. Folding plates are creased..