Hatchards and Son; Bentham & Co.; Millikin, Dublin 1829
'With Anecdotes, documents and cases interesting to Christian Moralist who decline the combat; to experienced duellists; and to benevolent legislators.' Scarce volume containing Hamilton's collected writings on Duelling including The Royal Code of Honour and [more...]
Fascinating introduction to the history of Japan. Commissioned by the Yamato society to promote a more nuanced appreciation of Japan beyond its military prowess. Intended for european and american readers it tells the political and social history of the coun [more...]
English translation/reconstitution of the Prussian General Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen's military treatises on martial organization. His pieces on Strategy, Cavalry and Artillery were written in the late 19th century and quickly became classic tract [more...]
Red cloth with blind stamped decoration. 79 plates featuring b/w images of dress, weapons and trim. First edition. 4to. [vii] 118pp. Sunning to spine with some splitting. Binding still sound. Contents clean. fair/Good condition [more...]
Revised and updated edition of Bruce's history of the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF, describing all their aircraft. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 515pp. Very light bumping to top of spine. Contents crisp and clean, Binding ti [more...]
First edition of this thorough account of the uniform of British Soldiers from Roman times until the Victorian era. With 100 b/w illustrations. Large octavo, [xxiv] 177pp. Bumping, rubbing and marking to blue cloth covers. Extremely light foxing within. Oth [more...]
'Publications of the Army Records Society, Volume 13.' The Diary of John Peebles, an officer with the grenadier company of the Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch) who served for nearly the entire American War of Independence and kept a detailed journal. A [more...]
'War Pictures on Land and Sea: Forming a Continuous Narrative of the Naval and Military History of England from the Year 1793 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes and Accounts of personal Service.' Jaunty half leather binding in Red with Blue Clot [more...]
'Compiled and Arranged from the most authentic sources.' Comprehensive, 'unbiased' account of the Crimean War, written/compiled soon after its completion. With engraved frontispiece and title page. 32mo. (130x90mm). Rubbing to edges. Sticker partially re [more...]
Revised and updated edition of James' history of Westland, describing all their aircraft from 1915. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 515pp. Very light bumping to tail of spine. Contents crisp and clean, Binding tight. Near fine. [more...]
Impressive leather binding of the abridged version of Napier's great history of the Napoleonic wars, focusing on the battles of the English Army. Full leather with decorated spine and raised bands. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. s [more...]
A history of all Handley Page Aircraft from 1907, including their warplanes of the first world war and their civil aircraft. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 664pp. Very light bumping to top of spine. Contents crisp and clean, Binding tight. [more...]
Revised, illustrated edition of this authoritative account of the Battle of Britain. With numerous b/w images, diagrams and maps. 4to. Dust jacket has mild shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Blue cloth boards are clean and prim. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
A detailed account of the 28 surviving De Havilland Mosquitos with numerous b/w images. 8vo. 138pp. DJ has some sunning to spine. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Nice leather binding of the abridged version of Napier's great history of the Napoleonic wars, focusing on the battles of the English Army. Full leather with decorated spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. Outer dentelles. small 8vo [more...]
Half leather prize binding of Poet Southey's popular biography of Horatio Nelson, first published in 1813. With Sherborne School crest and logo to front and rear covers. Top edge gilt. Raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers. Tipped in frontispiece. Pri [more...]
Completed revised third edition of Mason's history of all Hawker Aircraft from 1920, including the Hurricane and Harrier. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 657pp. Bumping to top edge of jacket. Volume is crisp and clean. Near Fine. [more...]
Handsome leather rebinding of this biography of John Lawrence, Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. With pull out map of Britain's Indian Empire and index. small 8vo. Full red leather with inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling [more...]
Aerial adventure story from the 'Ace' series. Massively popular in the 30s, Rochester was considered a worthy rival to W. E. Johns and his Biggles stories. With four b/w illustrations. No DJ. Some marking to covers. Bumping to corners. Mild sunning to spi [more...]
History of the US Air National guard with descriptions and specifications of the various aircraft it has deployed. With numerous colour and b/w images. 4to. With DJ. Contents clean and tight. In fine condition. [more...]
