Nautilus 90 North. Foreword by Admiral G.B.H. Fawkes.
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1959. 14cm x 21cm. 190 pages. With maps and photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.
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Kreuzer “Karlsruhe”. Linientaufe am 22.11.1935 auf der Fahrt von Sao Thome nach Lobito / Angola (7 Grad 44 Min. Ost).
First Edition. No publishing information. 1935. 22 x 14 cm. 68 pages. With photographs. Original blue cloth hard cover. Gilt title and decoration of front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling to binding. Internally bright and clean.
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The History of the Home Counties Medical Services of the Territorial Army. Vol.1 1859-1922.
[First Edition]. Limited Edition: 39/200. Beddington, Croydon, Published by the Author, 1988. 29 x 21 cm. xiii, 161 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Soft cover with stiff paper boards. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page.
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie.
First Edition in this Form. Two Volumes – Complete. London, George Virtue, 1842. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 190 pages and 65 (out of 66) Plates. / Vol.2: 155 pages and 60 Plates, as listed. Including frontispieces and engraved title pages. Uniform contemporary dark morroco with gilt titles and gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris sticker on front paste down of both volumes. Stamp of a previous owner on both title pages and on rear free end paper of volume one. Some foxing. Some tissue guards with a colour tinge. Otherwise a clean attractive copy in sturdy attractive bindings.
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Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-Third Regiment County of Dublin – From 1793 to 1907. Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, The Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada and India.
Reprint. Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, c 2009. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 99 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.
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Kriegswende (1939 – 1943). Aus den Kriegstagebuechern des Feldmarschalls Lord Alanbrooke, Chef des Empire-Generalstabs.
Second Edition (Zweite Auflage). Duesseldorf, Droste Verlag, 1957. 22 x 14 cm. 717 pages, with B&W photographs. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt title on front board and spine. In original dust jacket, glassine wrapper and a small paper band around dust jacket. Now in protective archival jacket. Good condition. Binding damp stained and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and partly browned. With a gift inscription: ‘To Brookie with Love from [Buster?] 1960. This may complete your collection – it is perhaps fitting that its the German edition.’ Dust jacket age darkened and rubbed. Small paper losses to glassine wrapper. Internally clean.
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The History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Signed.
First Edition, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Caislean An Bhurcaigh (De Burca Publishers), 2001. 25 x 17 cm. Folding Frontispiece, Title Page, (10), 183 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Illustrated end papers. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on half title. Signed by the Author on title pages. Internally bright and clean. A nice signed copy of the scarce first edition. See images.
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War Memoirs Unity 1942 – 1944. Documents. Signed and inscribed to Field-Marshal Alanbrooke.
First UK Edition. Two Volumes. London, Weidenfels and Nicolson, 1959. 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 340 pages / Vol.2: 424 pages. Original green (Vol.1) and blue (Vol.2) cloth with gilt titles on spine. In original unclipped dust jackets. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Minor edge wear to dust jackets. Vol.1 inscribed by Charles De Gaulle to General Sir Alan Brooke. Vol.2 signed and dated by Charles De Gaulle.
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Begun in the Year 1641, with the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End and Conclusion there by the King’s blessed Restoration. and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660.
Dublin Edtion. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed for John Hyde and Robert Owen, Booksellers, 1719. 32 x 19 cm. Vol.1: Blank, engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, xii [Preface], (4) [List of Subscribers], 422 pages. / Vol.2: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (4) [Dedication], 459 pages. / Vol.3: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (6) [Dedication], 445 pages plus 33 pages Index. Small vignettes in text. Contemporary panelled calf. Blinf decorations to boards. Gilt decorations to spine. Spine labels with title and volume numbers in gilt. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material losses / abrasions to corners and spine ends. Volume spine label missing on volume 2. Some joints started to crack, but bindings remain sound. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste down and title pages. Internally clean, mildly age darkened. A few minor tears. A nice set overall.
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Catalogue of Irish Bronze Swords. [National Museum of Ireland].
First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1965. 28 x 22 cm. xxxix, 190 text pages, followed by 97 Illustration Pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild ring stain on front board. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner inscribed. Internally bright and clean.
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The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery.
First Edition. Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1957. 21 x 13 cm. xv, 417 pages. With photographs, drawings and maps (many folding). Original dark blue colth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cloth binding seriously damp stained / discoloured (see image). Dust jacket dust dulled and showing some edgewear and mild fraying. Edges and end papers age darkened. Tipped in letter by Colonel J.F. Barrington, Honorary Secretary of the Mountain Artillery Dinner Club, to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Internally in fine condition, bright and clean.
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