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ref. 280281874. 8vo 12pp. manuscript on vellum hand illuminated by Frank Walker illuminator to the Queen in colours and gold with a green morocco binding wide gilt decorative border to upper cover centre lettered in gilt a nice copy. 1874 hardcover
ref. 1162233052.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 116161768X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1923ref. 043773Mittler. nice copy; but ex-private library; Withdrawal card on rear endpaper; stamp on front endpaper; stamp on edges . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1923. Mittler hardcover
1836ref. 96361London: W. Clowes and Sons 1836. Hardcover. Good. Scarce 1836 hardcover edition of a System of Drill for sword exercises written by the man who formulated the exercises. Original calf boards with title in gilt on front. Binding is a little wobbly but holding. Ex-library with stamps Trinity College Carmarthen on front and rear pastedown pages and title page. Book is in good condition. Faint staining on corners of some pages. Short tear on one page. Original owner's name in brown ink on title page. 16mo. 27 pp. of text followed by 14 pages of line drawings showing positions; a final plate is indicated Salute but isn't present nor does it appear to have been taken from the book. From the estate of Canadian military collector extraordinaire Donald Skinner. W. Clowes and Sons hardcover
ref. 002819Buckingham: Seeley Double sided printed card approximately 75mm x 115mm in size n.d. c1803 Lightly browned heavier to reverse slightly soiled to head of reverse. Possibly late eighteenth century John Seeley was printing in Buckingham from 1795-1830 and the Bucks Yeoman Cavalry was formed in 1794 there were three yeomanry regiments by 1803 but more likely to be very early nineteenth century when the Napoleonic invasion scare was at its height. Not found in either ESTC or COPAC. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Card. Seeley Paperback
ref. 1544742657.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 134669768X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1169481485.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1016950543.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1015831206.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1018064699.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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ref. 3752574585.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1854ref. 025835UK 1854. First Edition . Paper. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. An Original Handwritten Letter from the Crimean War in the hand and signed by a Captain in the Cavalry H E Weares to Adjutant General Wetherall. Dated 1854. A letter stating that a return needs to be sent to Adjutant General's Office sharing the number of men that were out of ranks on the day of the battle. General George Wetherall 1788-1868 was a senior British Army officer. General Wetherall is most famous for his services during the rebellion in Canada of 1837/38 during which he was the Commander of the Royals' 2nd battalion in the Battle of Saint-Charles a battle part of the Lower Canada Rebellion fought on 25 November 1837 between Great Britain and Lower Canada Patriote rebels. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Size is 165mm x 205mm unknown
1862ref. 23879.02COMPANY D 1st VERMONT CAVALRY. CIVIL WAR. Manuscript Document Signed June 1862: List of clothing distributed to 54 men including 25 caps 24 blouses 50 trousers 66 flannel shirts 15 drawers 19 bootees 69 stockings and 3 blankets. Each row signed by the soldier who received the items. 1 p. 15½ x 23¾ in. "We the undersigned Non Commissioned Officers Artificers Musicians & Privates of Company 'D' 1st Vt Cavalry do acknowledge to have received of Capt. A. W. Preston the articles of Clothing set oposite our respective names" Soldiers included: Jacob Trussell Rodney Eames Harrison B. Michell James Esdon Josiah H. Moore Samuel L. Higgins George P. Blair Orin S. Hendrick George C. C. Clemment Azro H. Kinerson Horace Ide Harvey A. Marckres Barney Decker Arthur Murray George A. Austin John Morse Dan Adams Henry A. Moore Harvey Bickford Kyron Morrill William Buck Warren Norris B. H. Bard Elijah C. Page Bartlett S. Bard Francis Rowell John A. Beaton L. S. F. Reed George F. Bennett Curtis L. Stacy Austin A. Bailey Edwin W. Southworth C. W. Clifford Martin V. B. Vance Ansen L. Chandler John Woodard Loren Chase Jr. William Woodard Antipas H. Curtis signed with mark John Woodbury Milo J. Corliss Fernal H. Webber Consealer F. Durlam William Wheaton John S. Coombs Mark M. Wheeler James Davis James Wright John C. Gracy Darwin J. Wright Joseph W. Gordon Died J. Hale Powers Patrick C. Gilligan Charles Knapp
1899ref. 020109NY: Harper & Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit darkened. ; Fold-out map; 187 pages . Harper & Bros. hardcover
ref. 002856No Place: No Publisher Printed single sided broadside approximately 380mm x 465mm in size n.d. but probably 1794. Slightly creased small scuff to head with small amount of loss otherwise quite bright and clean. "Thomas Grimston of Kilnwick and Grimston offered to raise a cavalry force in Holderness and he set about his task with characteristic thoroughness. He issued the articles of enrolment based on those of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and then travelled round the Holderness villages explaining his plans to the farmers. The response was very poor and he followed up his visits with letters to the Clergy suggesting that parish meetings be called so that the importance and purpose of the proposed corps could be explained to all the parishioners. Once more the results were disappointing. A letter received from the Vicar of Sproatley partly explains why this was so. "The sentiments of the People here are not changed I apprehend since you conversed with them. What they object to is the smallness of the pay from which circumstances one may r think infer two things First they are aware of the Necessity of the Measure and Secondly in return for their Services they expect a valuable consideration adequate at least to the Profits arising from Labour". Several letters were written in similar tenus and some also pointed out that volunteers were unlikely to come forward during . First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Broadside. No Publisher Paperback
1887ref. 108433Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1887. Magazine. Battles & Leaders of the Civil War; 9 x 11; 40 pages; Very nice condition with illustrations . Century Company unknown
1888ref. Alibris.0064934New York: Oswego. 1888. First edition. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear wear to spine ends corners lightly bumped front hinge weak but stll holding well po name in pencil. 335 p. Includes illustrations. . Oswego hardcover