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852 Holloway (W.H.). Northamptonshire and the Great War, 1st edition, circa 1920, original cream cloth gilt, together with Durand (H. Mortimer), The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War, 1st edition, 1921, portrait frontispiece and plates, original cloth, a little rubbed and faded on spine, plus Grey (Major W.E.), The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War (1914-19), 1st edition, 1929, folding maps and plates, errata slip tipped in, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, all 4to, plus other WWI regimental history interest, including Devonshire Regiment, Monmouthshire Volunteer Artillery, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars, etc., various sizes (17)
855 Ireland (W.H.). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Late Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Confederation of Switzerland, 4 volumes, G. Berger, circa 1838, additional engraved titles, 27 uncoloured folding engraved and aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after Vernet, Denon et al (some waterstains, spotting and marginal fraying), page 341 in volume III with small tear and loss of text, front hinges of volumes II-IV broken, original green moire cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo Abbey Life 359 (for the first edition of 1823-28 by John Cumberland). (4) £200-300
£200-300
856 Lavalette (Antoine Marie Chamans de). Memoirs of Count Lavalette, Adjutant and Private Secretary to Napoleon and Postmster-General under the Empire, Gibbings and Company, 1894, portrait frontispiece (loosening), four other portraits, some toning to endpapers, small booklabels, original cloth gilt, a few marks, large 8vo, limited edition 33/125, together with In the King’s Legion. Memoirs of Baron Ompteda, Colonel in the King’s German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars, 1894, portrait frontispiece, Queen’s College London bookplate, hinges a little tender, original red cloth, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I, by the Late Colonel Ramsay Weston Phipps, 2 volumes, OUP, 1926, folding maps, a little light spotting, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, dust jackets, spines slightly toned, 8vo, with other Napoleonic interest including History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon, by Louis Adolphe Thiers, 12 volumes, 1893-94, Henry Drummond Wolff’s The Island Empire; or the Scenes of the First Exile of the Emperor Napoleon I. Together with a Narrative of his residence on the Island of Elba..., 2nd edition, 1855, inscribed by the author, George Hooper’s Waterloo: The Downfall of the First Napoleon: A History of the Campaign of 1815, 1862, and Rifle Green at Waterloo, by George Caldwell and Robert Cooper, 1990
853 Hozier (Captain H.M.). The Invasions of England. A History of the Past, with Lessons for the Future, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1876, one or two light spots, contemporary owner inscription, bookplates, contemporary half calf, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters Recently Written by a General Officer to his Son, on his entering the Army, [by Baron d’Anglesi], 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1804, a little light toning, presentation inscription 1939 at front, contemporary diced calf, a little faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus Scenes from the Life of a Soldier in Active Service [by Friedrich Wilhelm Hacklander], 1st English edition, 1850, folding map, contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others leatherbound including The Royal Military Chronicle, 2 volumes 1811-1812 (not collated), Sir James Mackintosh’s History of the Revolution in England in 1688, 2 volumes, Paris, 1834, H.M. Hozier’s The Franco-Prussian War, 2 volumes, circa 1872 and Walter Richards’ Her Majesty’s Army, 3 volumes, circa 1890 (with 46 of 47 colour plates only), 4to and 8vo (26)
£200-300
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£300-500
857 [T.E. Lawrence]. A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918, 1st edition, Cairo, Government Press, 1919, photographic portrait frontispiece of General Allenby, coloured maps, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, some light marks (generally a good copy), 4to, together with Lawrence (T.E.), The Mint, A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922, with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross, 1st edition, 1955, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original dark blue quarter morocco gilt, a few marks, with slipcase, small 4to, limited edition 1715/2000, plus Oriental Assembly, edited by A.W. Lawrence, 1st edition, 1939, monochrome plates after photographs, etc., original cloth gilt, a few minor marks, 8vo, and Doughty (Charles M.), Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 volumes bound in one, reprinted, 1926, thin-paper edition, monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt, 8vo, plus others related, including The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and His Brothers, 1954, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade edition, 1935, The Diary of T.E. Lawrence, 1911 & An Essay on Flecker, 2 volumes, facsimile edition, published by B. Johnston, circa 1980s, limited edition of 500 copies, this being one of 52 signed, (2 copies), Philip Hitti, History of the Arabs, 2nd edition, 1940, and 3 others
854 Humbley (W.W.W.). Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846, 1st edition, 1854, three folding maps and plans, light offsetting and a few spots, hinges a little tender, original red blindstamped cloth, upper joint splitting, small tears and chips at spine ends, thick 8vo
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Important account of the first Anglo-Sikh War, an offensive launched by the East India Company to take control of the Punjab following the death of Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1839. (1) £300-400
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£100-150