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Henry G. Bohn,, 1851. 1851 8vo. viii, 432 p. Illustrated with engravings by George Cattermole. Occasional spotting of the plates. Bound in contemporary red morocco, rubbed on the edges and corners. Spine gilt in panels between raised bands, sides gilt in panels. All edges gilt. Inscribed as an Eton leaving gift, 1854. A pleasant copy.

London, Seeley Service and Company, 1976. 1976 8vo. [7], 170 p. Frontis., maps, battle plans, illustrations. Limited edition of 250 copies, this out of series. Quarter sheepskin, cloth sides , gilt. Near fine copy in similar cloth covered slipcase. Morgan's manuscript is All Souls College M. S. 129. It contains 18 maps and drawings in addition to his narrative.

Oxford and London, James Parker and Co.,, 1867.. 1867 xxviii, 248 p. Chromo title and frontispiece, illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth gilt over bevelled boards. A very good copy.

Cologne, chez Pierre van Dyck,, 1678.. 1678 12mo. First work [16], 364, [4] p. Second work [4], 360 p. Contemporary mottled calf, worn on corners and a little loss on the back board. Spine ornately gilt between raised bands with two dark red labels. Early signature on both title pages. And unobtrusive signs of damp on blank endpapers. Pleasant early printings of two popular French titles of the 1660s.

London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Thomas Basset, at the George, near Clifford's Inn, in Fleet-street, 1685., 1685.. 1685 4to. [4], 291, [73] p. Contemporary blind rolled calf, neatly rebacked at some time. Rubbed on the edges and corners but still an attractive copy. Internally clean and tight with just a few marginalia, mostly in pencil. The spine with raised bands, tooled in blind and with a contrasting label. The original endpapers are present with a number of old notes including one stating 'Collated with BM copy & is complete despite the catchword on verso of A(2)'

Hutchinson,, 1977.. 1977 xxvii,[5],96 p. Portrait. 25cm. Publisher's binding in sleeved dustwrapper. Wrapper clipped and a short closed tear at the foot. A very good copy.

Stroud, Alan Sutton Publishing, , 1998.. 1998 viii, 240 p. Illustrated throughout. 27cms. A fine, unopened copy in the publisher's hardback binding, with the wraper in similar condition. 0750917725

Printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies,, 1798.. 1798 Two volumes. Folding map. Contemporary sprinkled calf. Spines rubbedd, with defective labels. Contents clean and tight. A sound set.

Printed by J. Appleby, for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; William Hinchcliff; and Stephen Austen,, 1739.. 1739 xvi, 434 p. First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked and corners neatly restored. Final blank leaf present. First and last leaves lightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy. The first important publication of this miscellaneous writer who was highly regarded by both Johnson and Walpole. It is a ficitious account in the manner of Defoe, which allows the writer to include a mass of information on his chosen subject. A second edition appeared in 1753. ESTC T44124. Campbell was born in Edinburgh in 1708 but spent much of his life in London. From 1765 to his death in 1775 he held the post of His Majesty's agent to the Province of Georgia.

Oxford, Clarendon Press,, 1909.. 1909 lxv,400 p. Frontis., plates, facsims., pedigree, musical examples. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt. Spine dulled, otherwise a very good copy.

London, Michael Joseph, , 1986.. 1986 [8], 170 p. Portrait. Illustrations, many in colour. Maps on the endpapers. Publisher's hardback binding. A very good copy in a similar dustwrapper.

Derby, Breedon Books,, 1997.. 1997 192 p. Illustrations. 30cm. A fine copy in similar dustwrapper.

London, Chapman and Hall Ltd., , 1907.. 1907 [6], 300 p. Portrait. Three volumes in one. Dark blue leather binding, gilt with a silk bookmark. Printed on India paper. Minor shelf wear on the edges and corners and toning to the endpapers. A very good copy.

London Published for the Florence Press by Chatto and Windus,, 1910. 1910 xviii, 116, [1] p. Contemporary binding in dark blue morocco gilt, by Bumpus. The spine gilt in panels between raised bands. The tan leather doublures are covered in rows of darker brown heart shaped onlays interspersed with small gilt stars and surrounded by a slightly lighter blue border onlay and the dark blue turn ins of the covering leather. Watered silk endpapers and gilt edges. Slight rubbing on the corners and some surface loss on the joints but still a beautiful book.

London: Plackheath Press, , 1939.. 1939 55, [1] p. XXI plates. Publisher's brown cloth, titled in gilt to the front board. A few finger marks to the cloth, otherwise a very clean, crisp copy.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row; and C. Law, Ave-Maria Lane; by J. Belcher and Son, Birmingham., 1806.. 1806 132 p. Contemporary sheepskin binding rebacked in plain calf. Front endpaper replaced. Several calligraphic pen trials of the Kersey family and of John S---- of Reydon Hall. A very good copy. First published in 1796, this popular work was still being reprinted in the 1890s. Few copies of any of the early printings have survived.

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,, 1855.. 1855 182 p. 18 cms. Publisher's brown cloth, embossed in blind. Several ownership inscriptions of the Hoddinott family. A very good copy.

London, Hodder & Stoughton,, 1931.. 1931 328 p. Colour frontis., plates. Illustrations in the text. First edition. Publisher's black cloth binding, no dustwrapper. The spine lettering is faded and internally some signs of use. A large cache of ephemera is inserted, around 2 dozen items if the cuttings are included. Most important is a correspondence in 1945 between Mr. E. Robinson of Wimbledon with a number of barge owners regarding either passage in a working barge or the purchase of a barge for yachting. The barges named include Challenger, Hasteaway, British Oak, Fortis, Brian Wood and Tricolor. Edward Cory writes that his barge is '... engaged in carrying explosives for H.M. Government' from which one can suppose that her hull was tight. There is also a sketch on a calendar page for January 1945 of a barge sail plan with sail areas. Alongside is a calculation of the cost of each sail with the total of £159+ for a complete suit.

Philadelphia, Printed for Conrad and Co.,, 1807.. 1807 xiv, 301 p. + 10 p. Catalogue of Books Published by C.and A. Conrad & Co. Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed. Spine with a contrasting label. The Author used an American passport to make this journey whilst Britain was at war in these countries. Second edition.

Devonport, W. Wood, Fore Street, , 1840.. 1840 vi, [2], vii-xiii, [1],235 p. Later quarter calf binding with marbled boards. The spiine tooled in blind between raised bands. Old ownership inscription on the front endpaper. A fine copy.