Early from Victor Sutcliffe

London: for Thomas Ward, 1713. 2 volumes. Pages 1 to 220 and pages 221 to 448 with 12 page index. Frontispiece general map and 14 double page plans of towns and battles. Later green cloth.

London: J Millan, 1742. Engraved titlepage, 4 double page leaves numbered 1-4 listing by name officers ranked major and above, 24 double page leaves numbered 1-24 showing the succession of colonels and the names of the regiments in order of precedence, 4 double page leaves numbered 37-40 being the index to the army. 18th Century marbled boards rebacked in leather… Read more about this item

La Haye: Guillaume de Voys, 1606 (as misprinted on the titlepage but really 1706). xvi including titlepage and 144 pages. Complete as first issued with 13 plates on 11 sheets (the plate for page 19 is on the same sheet as that for page 36, likewise those for pages 86 and 96 - see photo). Contemporary calf; covers slightly… Read more about this item

London: J Millan, 1767 second edition. 32 pages. 32 plates coloured by hand on 20 sheets many of which are folding. Later full calf. The second edition was much enlarged. Houlding comments 'This small drill book laid out a series of manoeuvres for the battalion, most of which were described in the 1764 Regulations, but which were here performed… Read more about this item

London: T Becket, 1769 first edition. 336 pages. 12mo. Recently rebound in quarter calf, new endpapers; the margins are a little tight and there is a small paper flaw on the titlepage. The University of London library copy, previously owned by Professor M S Anderson. 'The Earl of Crawford's History' on the Turkish War of 1738 was heavily edited… Read more about this item

Shewing: 1. The frauds practised by the officers, from the general to the corporal, to render the poor private centinell miserable. 2. The art of inlisting men: or the secret history of a remarkable officer of dragoons in the year 1735. 3. Practices after inlisting, whereby the horses are deprived of their corn, the men of their money, and the KIng of his… Read more about this item

Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887. viii and 412 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Burgoyne, sketch of the colours of the 53rd. Small 4to. Publisher's diced maroon cloth, bookplate of the 85th Regiment officers mess, no stamps or markings, an excellent copy in the original cloth. Good account of Burgoyne's campaign. The main body of the 53rd was left to garrison Fort… Read more about this item

London: Longman Brown, 1853. 2 volumes bound in 1. 261 pages and 295 pages. Full green calf; scuff mark on the front board, corners a little bumped, nevertheless an attractive copy. Presented to R C Grosvenor on his leaving Eton.Commander of the British forces in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.

London: Jacob Robinson, 1758. 76 pages. A fine copy in later half calf and marbled boards. Conway was second in command to Sir John Mordant in the ineffectual Rochefort Expedition. This was his response to a pamphlet by 'a country author' who was Sir Thomas Potter MP.