Darwin, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.

Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.

Stevenson, David, David Alan & Charles Alexander.

The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering.

Third Edition. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xiv, 406 pages. With 18 plates (including several fold-outs) and text illustrations. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Good condition. Binding shaky, but holding. Front hinge fully cracked. Rear hinge starting to crack. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends slightly frayed. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Library. A few stamps (ink and blind) on title page (crossed out). Several pages with neat pencil underlinings and a few annotations. Otherwise internally bright and clean with interesting fold out maps.

Curtis, A.C.

A New Trafalgar. A Tale of the Torpedo Fleet.

First Edition. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. 19 x 12 cm. vi, 301 pages plus ten pages publishers list. Includes two newspaper reviews of the book losely inserted. Original cloth with title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and stained. Spine age darkened and seriously frayed with some material losses to its ends. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Spine a little shaky, but holding. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Lucking, J.H.

The Great Western at Weymouth. A Railway and Shipping History.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. 21 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. In price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. In very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with a few nicks and small amount of fraying to top of spine. Internally bright and clean.

Clark, Roy.

The Longshoremen.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.

Muller, John.

A Treatise of Artillery. Containing I. General Construction of brass and iron Guns used by Sea and Land, and of their carriages. II. General Constructions of Mortars and Howitzes, their beds and Carriages. III. The Dimensions of all other kinds of Carriages used in the Artillery. IV. The Exercise of the Regiment at home, and its Service abroad in a Siege or Battle. V. Its March and Encampment; Ammunition, Stores, and Horses. VI. Lastly, the necessary Laboratory Work. To which is prefixed, A Theory of Powder applied to Fire-Arms. For the Use of the Royal Academy of Artillery. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification.

First Edition. London, Printed for John Millan, Whitehall, 1757. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, pages 1 – 288, later blank page, pages 307 – 309, plus one page Advertisement. With a frontispiece, Vignettes and 28 folding plates. Later brown calf with gilt line decorations and label on spine. Raised bands. Later end papers. Very good condition. Binding seriouly rubbed and bumped. Material losses and signs of animal activity. Edges age darkened. Text block in very good condition, but pages 289 to 306 absent. Folding plates complete and in very good condition, except plate 26, which shows a 5 cm closed tear. Text block age darkened with ocassional mild foxing. Two old signatures, one scratched out and dated 1766.

Bryant, Arthur.

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.

Bryant, Arthur.

Feltmarskal Alanbrookes Krigsdagbøger. Vol.1: Med ryggen mod Muren. / Vol.2: Seijren i Vest.

First Editions. Two Volumes. København, Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1961. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: 633 pages / Vol.2: 445 pages. Illustrated. Each volume is accompanied by a letter from Collins publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. One volume also contains a flyer by the Danish publishers about the book. Original stiff paperboards in original decorated dust jacket, now in archival jackets. All edges deckle. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mostly unopened. First and last pages of both volumes are damp stained.

Young, F.W. (Editor).

The Story of the Staff College 1858 – 1958.

First Edition. Camberley, Surrey, Staff College, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. (8), 59 pages. With B&W Illustrations. With a small unsigned letter from the librarian of the staff college. Original red cloth with gilt decorations and titles on spine and front board. In original plain white dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Some wear to dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Bryant, Arthur.

Tempo Di Guerra (1939-1943) & Trionfo in Occidente (1943-1946). I Diario E Le Note Autobiografiche Del Feldmareciallo Visconte Alanbrooke Capo Dello Stato Maggiore Generale Imperiale.

First Editions. Two Volumes. Milano, Longanesi, 1960 & 1962. 18 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 1023, (14) / Vol.2: 726, (8). With some maps in text. With a losely inserted letter by Collins Publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In orginal dust jackets. Volume 1 with a blue paper band issued by the publisher. Volume 1: Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally very clean. / Vol.2: Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with damp stains both internally and externally. Dust jackets with some edge wear and small closed tears; now in archival jackets.