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ALLEN, Warner. HARDIE, Martin. (Painted by...) Our Italian Front.
A. & C. Black. Ltd. London. 1920
First edition. No DW. Large 8vo. 203pp. 50 coloured plates with tissue guards and one pull-out map at rear. Original blue cloth giltEndpapers browned and edges foxed, spine sl. faded with one tear and associated crease at head of spine, boards are fresh and bright. A generally clean and sound copy. VG+. 55009
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ALLINGHAM, W. [DE VAUBAN] [CAMBRAY] The New Method of Fortification, As practised by Monsieur de Vaauban, Engineer-General of France. Together with a New Treatise of Geometry. The Third Edition. Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Original. To which is now added, A Treatise of Military Orders, and the Art of Gunnery, or throwing of Bombs, Balls, etc. to hit any Object assign'd. The whole Work Illustrated with 32 Copper Plates.
W. Freeman. London. 1702
8vo. Third Edition. Only 18 plates; 1-8 & A-K (no J). A Treatise of Geometry; 1-60pp: A Treatise of Fortification; 61-186pp: The Art of Gunnery; 187-213pp., including table. Full calf with inlaid design on both boards. Upper board detatched. Missing sections to spine. Bookplate of Lt. Gen. Leverne. Inscription from Richard Rye to Levern dated 1719 to front end paper. Complete this scarce book would be £1,500. Price reflects condition and is sold as seen. Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur (Marquis) de Vauban (1633–1707), Marshal of France and foremost military engineer. Famous for designing fortifications and in breaking through them. Advised Louis XIV. Involved in the Siege of Maastricht (1673), the Siege of Valenciennes (1677) the fortification of the cities of Strasbourg (1681) and Landau (1688). Often attributed to the pen of Vauban, the work is a translation of the Chevalier de Cambray's "Maniere de fortifier de Mr. de Vauban" first published in English in 1691. 37156
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AUBREY-FLETCHER, H.L. A History of the Foot Guards to 1856
Constable and Company Ltd, London 1927
First Edition. No DW. Dark blue boards, gilt type to spine. Many battle plans to interior. 463pp inc index. Boards a little worn around periphery, and some browning to endpapers,but overall the book is in excellent condition. Bookplate fixed to front pastedown 'ex libris Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank' (1st Viscount Crookshank, former MP and Ministerm wounded in WW1). 67574
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