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19818vo., First Edition, with plates, maps and cartoons; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sequel to the author's diaries of the action, published as 'The Fortress' in 1956. Enser, p.183.
19828vo., First Edition, with full-page map in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF HISTORIAN AND TRAVEL WRITER RALEIGH TREVELYAN AND BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
2011Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 4 large folding plates (2 in colour) very numerous monochrome photograph in the text and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Surprisingly, the first detailed account in English of this well-known class, comprising Vittorio Veneto, Littorio and Roma.
18102 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved portrait frontispieces and 9 engraved plates; contemporary full calf, backs with five flat bands, second and fifth compartments with dark green leather labels lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. A lovely copy, complete with index of addressees.
19264to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of chocolate cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
18998vo., First Edition, endpapers very lightly spotted; original pale blue buckram, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in blind, gilt top, covers moderately age-faded else a very good, tight copy. SCARCE.
19718vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.52.
19848vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates and maps throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two months after the first edition. Enser, p.48 (recording the first edition).
19648vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; blue cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper laminated to boards. Enser, p.97.
19728vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.373.
19368vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at edges. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.98 (recording the author as 'Gwynne').
19568vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and 13 plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip and with minor loss on front panel. Dustwrapper illustration by Lynton Lamb. The author's fourth book. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19888vo., First Edition, with plates and large folding map; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
19738vo., First Edition, with plates, fore-edges lightly spotted; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, tape-marks on boards else a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on title verso (only). SCARCE. Enser, p.225.
20082 vols., 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backs lettered in silver and gilt respectively, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Larry Rostant. The Rufus duology marks the author's debut in historical fiction.
19578vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 15 monochrome plates and endpaper maps in blue and black; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (faded as often), backstrip sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Fields & Devenish 39.
20035 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (brown/black/black/black/tan respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt, silver or red, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, the 'Emperor' sequence was the author's first venture into historical fiction; it is this series, together with its later 'Conqueror' counterpart which makes him one of the most successful writers in this field today. The sequence comprises The Gates of Rome' (2003), 'The Death of Kings' (2004), 'The Field of Swords' (2005), 'The Gods of War' (2006) and 'The Blood of Gods' (2013). 'A brilliant story - I wish I'd written it' (Bernard Cornwell). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
20035 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (brown/black/black/black/tan respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt, silver or red, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, the 'Emperor' sequence was the author's first venture into historical fiction; it is this series, together with its later 'Conqueror' counterpart which makes him one of the most successful writers in this field today. The sequence comprises The Gates of Rome' (2003), 'The Death of Kings' (2004), 'The Field of Swords' (2005), 'The Gods of War' (2006) and 'The Blood of Gods' (2013). 'A brilliant story - I wish I'd written it' (Bernard Cornwell). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
20104 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps in the text; black cloth, gilt backs, red endpapers, all near fine copies in unclipped dustwrapper. SECOND AND FOURTH VOLUMES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Near fine copies of the first four volumes in Jackson's continuing Gaius Valerius Verrens sequence: Hero of Rome (2010); Defender of Rome (2011); Avenger of Rome (2012); Sword of Rome (2013). THESE EARLY VOLUMES ARE ALREADY VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
20098vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ninth novel in the Eagles of the Empire sequence.
19698vo., First Edition thus, with plates, fore-edge lightly spotted; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned at fold-ins. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, p.373.
19664to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in blue and black, 48 coloured plates, very numerous monochrome plates in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fields & Devenish 43.
20118vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Eleventh novel in the 'Eagles of the Empire' sequence.
20208vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nineteenth novel in the 'Eagles of the Empire' sequence.
20068vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Seventh novel in the 'Eagles of the Empire' sequence.