Cameron, John; Royal ArtilleryBiblio.com
1768ref. 018479Belfast: Printed by James Magee 1768. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 299 pages followed by xxiv pages of subscriber's names. Bound in what are likely the original paper composite/cardboard boards with the original leather removed housed in a primitive hand-sewn leather/suede binding with strap and loop intact. The spine is inversely rolled but the pages remain attached. The suede is heavily worn with rubbing especially to the extremities and a few small tears to the edges and heavy wear to the strap but remaining intact and attractive. The title page and first 30 pages of text are damaged with chipping creasing soiling and staining with some weakness to the paper indicating exposure to moisture. An additional 70 pages or so are stained and there is scattered soiling staining and minor chipping and tearing throughout the text. There are numerous instances of previous ownership all or most of which point to the book passing through various members of the Royal Artillery in the late 18th Century. The names include: 1 SAMUEL DAY with a 30 word inscription on the front endpaper; again on rear endpaper. There is also a lengthy practice letter or writing on the rear endpaper that may be Day's. 2 R. SHAW or SHAIN on title page. 3 MALCOM M'DUFFE or M'DUFFY "1769" with a poem in another hand pg. 148 210 229. There are two Mc Duffee names in the subscriber's list John and William. 4 HENRY MCLERNAN or M'LORMAN stating he is attached to Bombardiers 7th Battery Royal Artillery on pg. 271 and again his name on pg 273. This book passed through certainly two and likely 4 members of the Royal Artillery approximately 1767 through circa 1790. . Printed by James Magee Hardcover
ref. 144784À Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1702 2 vol. in-4, [16]-348 pp. et [4]-386-[2] pp., front., pl., tableaux dépl., bradel demi-vélin ivoire (rel. du XXe siècle). Bon exemplaire.
1702ref. 10984Amsterdam, Mortier, 1702. 2 Bde. 9 Bll., 348 S.; 3 Bll., 386 S., 1 Bl. mit einigen Vignetten in Kupferstich. 1 Kupfer-Frontisp., 179 (teils gefalt, teils doppelblattgr.) Kupfertafeln und 7 gefalt. Tabellen. Gr.-8°. Blindgeprägtes Schweinsldr. der Zeit auf Holzdeckeln (berieben, leicht fleckig und bestoßen, die linke Ecke des hinteren Deckels von Bd. 1 alt ergänzt).
1810ref. 32820428FIRST EDITION of "the first official drill manual for either the American regular or militia artillery" Graves. This manual constrains detailed instructions on procedures in firing and handling artillery and training soldiers in its use. "In 1810 a Congressional committee looked into ways of improving the training of the militia. One of the results was the publication by the Senate in December 1810 of a small manual entitled Compendious Exercise for the Garrison and Field Ordnance as Practised in the United States. This 30-page pamphlet pp 31-48 comprise amendments to other military regularions contained drills on the new seacoast carriage designed by the Marquis de Montalembert which were just coming into service and the exercise of 4 and 6-pdr. field pieces and additional comments on the use of the prolonge. The anonymous author or compiler seems to have used Tousard or his French originals for garrison and field artillery drill and added excerpts from Jonathan Williams's translation of Montalembert on the new carriage and Kosciuzko for the manoeuvres of a company of field artillery" Donald E. Graves "The First Official Artillery Manuals 1810-1812" The War of 1812 Magazine May 2011. RARE in the market. No copies in RBH or ABPC none offered online at present May 2020. Weightman paperback
ref. 59097No place no date but the text refers to a Royal ordinance of 1718. old limp full vellum. . Apart from the evidently missing illustrations very attractive original condition. Small 4to. With 18 of 22 tipped-in folding original illustrations lacking nos. 10 15 16 and 20. . The name "Enrique Gargallo Lopez" appears on the front cover in a different hand than the manuscript; possibly the name of the transcriber of this manuscript. hardcover
1862ref. 23052301021st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Union Army Order Book Large folio. 75 pages. Written by a fine hand 1862-1864. Also includes original typed orders from General Butler etc. Includes orders received by the unit from January 16 1862 through July 14 1864. Much of this period the battery was assigned to Louisiana Mississippi the Gulf of Mexico. The battery was attached to 3rd Brigade Department of the Gulf until September 1862. It was attached to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade Department of the Gulf until January 1863. It was attached to Artillery 1st Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf until January 1864 and the 2nd Division until April 1864. It then served at Camp Barry Defenses of Washington XXII Corps until July 1864. The Battery notably served in the following engagements: Siege of Port Hudson; Battle of Fort Stevens; Third Battle of Winchester; Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Cedar Creek. 1st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army hardcover
1851ref. 11693Privately published. London. Printed by Smith elder and Co. 1851. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. viii 2 403pp 1. A few spots to the blank endpapers and first and last leaves otherwise a bright and clean copy throughout. Finely bound very likely for the author in contemporary full tan calf the spine with raised bands each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Black morocco label gilt. Boards with decorative blind and gilt tooled panels. Boards with bevelled edges and gilt tooling to the very edges. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. A very good copy of this rare privately issued first edition. Using Percy Shelley's Prometheus Unbound as his inspiration Abbott's epic poem is set after the downfall of the rebel god and centres on his daughter Indra destined to one day rule the world. Rare. No copies of this first edition located on Worldcat. ------ General Sir James Abbott KCB 12 March 1807 - 6 October 1896 was a Bengal Army officer and colonial administrator. The Pakistani city of Abbottabad as well as the district and subdistrict is named after him. The city itself was founded by him in January 1853 and later grew from a small military outpost to a hub of trade. The people of Abbottabad have rejected various proposals to rename the city. A portrait of James Abbott dressed as an Afghan noble and relating to his Central Asian journey was painted in watercolour in 1841 by B. Baldwin now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. Privately published. London. [Printed by Smith, elder and Co.] 1851 hardcover
ref. 21404In folio (367 mm), demi-vélin de l’époque, 137 pp. d’une belle écriture, bien lisible et 3 plans aquarellés dépliants.
1775ref. 0051621775 Paris, Delalain, 1775. In-quarto (217 X 263 mm) veau fauve marbré, dos cinq nerfs, caissons ornés de fers et fleurons dorés, palettes dorées en queue, pièce de titre maroquin brun, coupes et coiffes filetées, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, XXXVII pages d'épitre et préface, (3) pages de table et avis au relieur, 654 pages [+ pages 473 à 480 bis], 13 planches hors-texte, (1) f. d'errata et privilège. Infime mouillure claire dans la marge supérieure des pages I à VIII, habile restauration à un coin, tache sombre en tête du premier plat.
1800ref. 6206... Nunmehr aber durch den Truck publicirt vnd an den Tag gegeben, durch Octauium de Strada à Rosberg ... Erster Theil (von 2). Mit gest. Titelbordüre von M. Merian, großem gest. Wappen von Balthasar Schwan u. 50 doppelblattgr. gest. Tafeln, davon 20 von Balthasar Schwan. Frankfurt am Main, O. de Strada u. L. Iennis, gedruckt von P. Jacobi, 1617. Folio (28,9 x 18,5 cm). 6 (l. w.) Blatt. Marmorierter Pappband um 1800 mit rotem Rückenschild. [13 Warenabbildungen]
ref. 8701Paris, Lithographie du Ministère de la Marine, 1862. 1 volume in folio (30*46 cm), 125 pp., enrichi de 13+45 planches à pleine page légendées, décrites et commentées sur la page opposée. La page de titre est salie et tachée, ainsi que 2 feuillets internes (pp. 62-63). Déchirures restaurées sur les 2 derniers feuillets, sinon très bon état, reliure moderne plein cuir noir.
ref. AQ14449London: vs. 1786-1813 This collection consists of: - Lists of the chiefs officers court of assistants members &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark 1788. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers some light staining. - An address to the inhabitants of london from the court of assistants of the Hon. Artillery-Company. London. s.n 1794. 2 15pp 1. ESTC T148684. And another similar for the year 1813. Both in original publisher's printed paper wrappers the first with sewing broken. - A List of Gentlemen proposed for the Court of Assistants Officers &c. of the Honourable Artillery-Company October 25 1786. London. s.n. 1786. ESTC T169845. And two similar for October 31 1787 and December 6 1797. Single leaf broadsides printed in red occasional marginal marking/tearing. - A List of Gentlemen eligible for trustees for the new Leases lately granted by the Corporation of London to the Artillery-Company. London. s.n. s.d. Single leaf broadside printed in red. ESTC T196231. - At a Court of Assistants of the Hon. Artillery-Company held at the Armory-House on Wednesday May 12 1790. London s.n. 1790. ESTC T232435. And eight others 1794-1804. Single leaf broadsides occasional marking/creasing. - Disposition of the fireworks Ordered by the honourable artillery company To be displayed in the artillery-ground on Tuesday Night August 12 1783 On his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales Captain-General of the Company coming of Age. London s.n. 1783. Single leaf broadside. ESTC T183215. - Armory-House 26 Sept. 1804. Sir I have to desire you to take notice that the Field Days of the Honourable Artillery Company will take place every Wednesday Morning. London. W.P. Norris.Moorside 1804. Single leaf broadside. - Honourable artillery company london. The court of Lieutenancy of the City of London having thought proper. London. W.P. Norris.Moorside 1800. Large folio broadside folded horizontally and vertically slightly creased. ESTC T232440. An interesting and attractive collection of 21 publications relating to the Honourable Artillery Company established in the Old Artillery Gardens at Spitalfields which was incorporated by royal charter in the reign of Henry VIII and is therefore the oldest surviving regiment in the British army. The term artillery was all encompassing initially including longbowmen crossbowmen and grenadiers; indeed the nascent Grenadier Guards and Royal Marines were both formed by members of the HAC during the second half of the seventeenth-century. Drawn largely from men in the vicinity of the City of London it became a City institution and a bastion of establishment order; until 1780 responsible for the officer training of London 'trained bands' of militia serving in the same year to help restore order to London during the Gordon Riots and later acting in a policing capacity in the metropolis. Varying from the most ephemeral circular letter or programme of an eighteenth-century firework display through a large broadside defence against legal moves on the Company's house ground and estates by the Court of Lieutenancy to the official officer lists and prospectuses of the HAC this collection covers a period of change for the Company. An era in which membership of Company swelled not least thanks to the threat of French invasion but also as the purpose of it began to morph however glacially from the hard-headed metropolitan military organisation of the early modern period to the increasingly civil and ceremonial position it occupies today. The majority of items in this generally fresh condition collection are rare with ESTC recording fewer than five British locations and in many cases just one or two locations generally BL and the HAC itself. There are few if any holdings in North America for this material recorded by ESTC. . Folio 8vo and others. [vs.], 1786-1813 unknown
1690ref. 6638Zurich, Gesellschaft der Constaffleren im Zeughaus zu Zürich, 1690-1798. Bel ensemble de 108 planches publiées par Gesellschaft der Constabler und Feuerwerker de Zürich, doublées sur papier gris (sauf celle de 1787, dépliante), elles ont été coupées au bord de l'image. Trous d'aiguilles dans les coins supérieurs. Chemise de percaline noire à rabats, étiquette de titre rouge. De la collection Henry Galopin, dont la collection d'armes anciennes fut incorporée au Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève.
1689ref. 6577Zürich, Gesellschaft der Constaffleren im Zeughaus zu Zürich, 1689-1798. Bel ensemble de 110 planches publié par Gesellschaft der Constabler und Feuerwerker de Zurich, relié en demi-basane bleue, pièce de titre beige, léger frottement au dos. La première pl. est volante, doublée sur papier gris, rognée au bord de l'image, celle de 1727 a été doublée (quelques déchirures en marge inférieure), 1777 et 1778 sont marquées d'une auréole d'humidité, et 1789 est rognée avec un manque dans l'image). Les 105 autres planches sont très belles. De la collection Henry Galopin, dont la collection d'armes anciennes fut incorporée au Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève.
1962ref. 2110502150909094Kaikosha 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Kaikosha paperback
