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1950. Images 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in gray paper over boards. Images 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 1 vols. 4to.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, printed spine label. Near fine. Inscribed before publication from Edward Marsh to John Drinkwater on the front flyleaf: John from Eddie, June 4th 1915. Morocco book label of John Drinkwater. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Eddie Marsh to John Drinkwater. An outstanding association from the inner circle of Rupert Brooke's poet friends. Marsh, who was Brooke's agent, edited the Collected Poems. Both he and Drinkwater wrote memoirs of Brooke. Keynes 6; Hayward, English Poetry, 32; NCBEL, IV, p. 241

London: Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original blue cloth with printed spine label, dust jacket. A fine copy in faintly soiled dust jacket (small ink notation on pastedown; half-inch split at foot of front flap of jacket). Blue half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. 'But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold'. Handsome copy of this landmark book of verse. Keynes 6; Hayward, English Poetry, 32; NCBEL, IV, p. 241

VP including Ladysmith, Geluk Farm, Vluchfontein et al., 1901. Nine ALS, three TLS, eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. Very good, some tiny chips to carbons and one two spots of minor dampstaining not affecting legibility. In manilla folder. Nine ALS, three TLS, eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. A fine group of letters by an English intelligence officer steadily rising through the ranks. In 1899 he is "sleep[ing] in the open air, only one blanket & one waterproof sheet." Within a year he was Lord Roberts' private clerk and in December 1900 he is stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's Office (Kitchener's) doing "confidential military work for the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener." Although part of the intelligence service, Carter saw more than his share of fighting. He describes the march to Ladysmith, and the action at Elands Laagte Station, noting "a bullet going through the top of my helmet and cutting off some of my hair but… Read More

London: Walter Scott Publishing, 1911. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, spotted and soiled, final contents leaf detached, must; in printed dust jacket, soiled and edgeworn, lacking large piece from spine; good. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. A scarce record of pre-automobile tourism. [With:] Approximately 60 pen and ink sketches by Fox, pasted to album leaves. 8vo. V.p. [England, France], ca. 1903-1905. Bound in half red morocco gilt and cloth, tail of spine rubbed, boards soiled, sketches foxed, with Fox's bookplate. Sketches from Fox's wanderings in England and France, drawn at the time described in his 2000 MILES ON FOOT. OCLC: 2 copies

New York: Touchstone, 1985. First Paperback. 236pp. 8vo. Wrappers. VG. First Paperback. 236pp. 8vo. McNamara's Copy, Heavily Annotated. This copy was owned by Robert McNamara who has heavily annotated and underlined throughout. Signed and dated "Robert S. McNamara, 1993" on the ffep.

Washington D.C and Nahant, Mass, 1920. Together, 3 pp. 4to. On United States Senate stationery. Old folds, remnants of mounts to verso of each. Together, 3 pp. 4to. In the first letter Senator Lodge thanks Hammond for the copy of "Mrs. Hammond's pamphlet on the Boer War," saying he is "very glad to have it and to hear about both sides of this question." In the second letter Senator Lodge tells a Mr. James Campbell that he has "no copies of my speech at Gloucester" to send to Mrs. Hammond. In the last letter he promises to send John Hays Hammond a copy of "Silver Jack." Mining engineer and philanthropist John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) was jailed in 1896 by the Boer government in South Africa for his involvement in the failed Jameson Raid, designed to instigate an insurrection among the immigrant workers of the region and justify an extension of British rule. Natalie Hamonds published "The Boers and the Uitlanders," an address she delivered to the Century Club of San Francisco, in 1901.

Barranquilla. Estados Unidos de Colombia & Norwich, etc., 1874. On Imprenta Americana Stationery for two letter. 1 vols. Fine, with "Imprenta Ameerican" envelope. On Imprenta Americana Stationery for two letter. 1 vols. Founder of "Imprenta Americana" two letters on Imprenta Americana letterhead and 2 not.

London: Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty Henri Merke was principal engraver, 1807. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25, by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Uniformly framed and glazed in curly maple. Some fading and browning. Howitt, Samuel. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25, by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. British Sporting Artists, 165 "The most beautiful book on Indian Sport in Existence. Another edition was published in 1808. It is greatly inferior to the First edition." Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI, 4416; Schwerdt, vol. II, p. 297; Tooley (1954), 508

Vienna, 1930. J.A. Mahan was an American scholar living and working in Austria during the first part of the 20th century. He is best remembered for his biography, Maria Theresa of Austria, published in 1932. This collection features partial working manuscripts of the following titles: Maria Theresa, Elizabeth (Part II); Along the Trail of Culture and Fair Spoilers and Builders of France (Part I).

np, 1840. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. Laid into modern folding cloth case. Some spotting and minor edge wear,. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. The group includes a darkely lit night scene titled "A Village Tragedy" in which a tiger has struck down a man; a scene in which a large horned animal looms over a man hanging from a cliff's edge is titled "A Choice of Evils"; a hunting scene in which two men attempt to subdue a large elephant is titled "The Rogue Elephant of Purrandpur"; and others.

Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.

London, 1831. 1 page. 4to. Fine. 1 page. 4to. Chalmers was a Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. Reading in part in a wretched hand: "I have just time to say that I have seen Dr. L---, and have recommended Pinhester (?) to him...but I am a ---shattered by the work...

Rimini: Tip. Fratelli Ercolani, 1853. 2 lithographic portraits of Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie, by Turgis, Paris.Each portrait with accompanying title page and 3 pp. of laudatory verse, printed in 5 colors. Folio. Contemporary decorated paper over boards. With stamps of "Cabinet de L'Empereur, Donaine Privé." Portraits erratically trimmed, with some loss to margins of image. 2 lithographic portraits of Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie, by Turgis, Paris.Each portrait with accompanying title page and 3 pp. of laudatory verse, printed in 5 colors. Folio.

Madrid, 1792. 3 pp. Docketed. 4to. Some toning and old folds. 3 pp. Docketed. 4to. ON FRENCH REVOLUTION. Reading in part: "A Messenger arrived here two days ago from Paris with the Account of the Nationall Assembly having suspended the French King provisionally, and convoked the Assembleés Primaires for the 20th Sept. to declare finally whether theThrone is to be considered as vacant...

Homilow, 1842. 2 pp. 12mo. Old folds, removed. VG. 2 pp. 12mo. With engraved portrait. The officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.

Kew, 1873. 1 page. Mourning border. 12mo. VG. Old folds. 1 page. Mourning border. 12mo. British botanist and explorer.

[London]: Belgrave Street, 1852. 2-1/2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Old folds. 2-1/2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Philadelphia, 1810. bifoliium, with integral address. 4to. Very Good. bifoliium, with integral address. 4to. With lithographic portrait Readinbg in part in translation"...your letter which concerns the bill of exchange fotr one thousand pounds...which you wish to keep until you have news from London...

York Street, 1814. Bifolium with integral address leaf. 12mo. Some closed tears. Bifolium with integral address leaf. 12mo.