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Paris: Bossange Freres, 1825. [4], xv, [1], 558pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. The first edition of a critical commentary of the effectiveness of Napoleon's forces during the Russian Campaign. The author, Gaspard, Baron Gourgaud (1783-1852), though enrolled among the royal guards of King Louis XVIII of France in the summer of 1814, embraced the cause of Napoleon during the Hundred Days (1815), was named general and aide-de-camp by the emperor, and fought at Waterloo. After the second abdication of the emperor (June 22, 1815), Gourgaud retired with him to Rochefort. Determined to share Napoleon's exile, he sailed with him on H.M.S. Northumberland to St. Helena. In 1840 he joined other survivors of the captivity who returned to St. Helena to retrieve Napoleon's remains for burial in Paris. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 1822. xv, [3], 256pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to spine, lettering-piece chipped, corners bumped. Very occasional light spotting. The first edition, in original unsophisticated state, of Bernard Barton's (1784-1849) fifth volume of poetry. The titular poem, at 118 Spenserian stanzas, is by far Barton's longest. Highly influenced by the author's Quakerism, the poem is more a commentary on Christian pacifism than it is a reflection of the character of the French Emperor - to the extent that the Literary Speculum (June, 1822), in their rather dismissive review, suggested it could well have been entitled 'Julius Caesar', 'Alexander', or 'Tamerlane'. Jackson p.483.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for R. Ackerman, 1814. xvi, 104, 6, [2], 4pp. With two hand-coloured engraved folding maps and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. A crisp copy in original state of the eighth edition, printed in the same year as the first, of English journalist Frederic Shoberl's (1775-1853) account of the Battle of Leipzig in which Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, decisively defeated the Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte. . Eighth edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848. [2], 86pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece and an engraved portrait plate. Original publisher's blind-stamped limp brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, sunned, paper library shelf-label to foot of spine. Hinges exposed, bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP, inked shelf-marks to recto of FFEP, portrait plate foxed. The sole edition of a succinct history of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in particular their successes in establishing charity schools. . First edition. 8vo.

Dolgelleu: Argraffwyd gan Richard Jones, 1808. 12pp. [Bound after:] OLIVERS, Thomas. Cyflawn wrthbrawf i'r athrawiaeth o barhad diammodol mewn gras: mewn ffordd o draethawd ar hebreaid 2. 3... Dolgellau. Argraffwyd gan Richard Jones, [s.d., c.1821]. 116pp. [And:] GRIFFITH, John. Llythyr at y parchedig John Elias; yn cynnwys sylwiadau ar ei ragymadrodd i bregethau y diweddar Mr. Hurrion, ar brynedigaeth. Dolgellau. Argraphwyd dros yr awdwr, gan R. Jones, [1821]. 27pp, [1]. [And:] EVANS, W[illiam]. Ymddiffynwr y gwir; neu eglur olygiad ar athrawiaeth y calfiniaid a'r arminiaid... Dolgellau. Argraphwyd dros yr awdwr, gan R. Jones, 1822. 55pp, [1]. [And:] HUMPHREYS, Robert. Pregeth ar y cyfammod hedd; a bregethwyd mewn gwahanol fannau yng ngwynedd a deheubarth cymru... Llandilo. Argraphwyd gan John Davies, 1821. 28pp. [Bound before:] [HUGHES, Hugh]. Byr hanes am ddyddiau diweddaf, a marwolaeth lewis owens, Yr hwn a ddienyddiwyd yn Nghaernarfon, medi 4, 1822... Caernarfon. Argraffwyd gan L. E.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. xii, 492pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Label of W. H. Smith Subscription Library to FEP, very occasional light spotting. A combined edition, revised and enlarged, of two publications by naturalist and evolutionary theorist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913); Natural Selection (1870) and Tropical Nature and other Essays (1878). . New edition with corrections and additions. 8vo.

London: Printed for John Chappell, c.1820. 40pp. With a hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece and 14 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Some marking and slight chipping to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Apparently the 'Colored One Shilling' (as opposed to the 'Sixpence Plain') issue of this anonymous juvenile companion to British and foreign birds, the cuts for which have long, albeit erroneously, attributed to Thomas Bewick. 14 species are represented including the eagle, peacock, falcon, and pelican. . 12mo.

London: Printed by William Bonny, and sold by Sam. Manship, 1691. [32], 348pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal errata leaf. Without terminal blank. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, later rebacked, later contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, particularly to joints. Later plain endpapers, armorial bookplate of 'Thomas Foley' to FEP, with his ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece, very short closed tear to title - not touching text, worm-trail to upper margin throughout - occasionally touching running-title, slight loss to lower corner of P1, lower corner of Z1 repaired, lightly foxed. An extensive monograph critiquing the administration of the Royal Navy, with proposals for the improvement of the service, by Henry Maydman, purser and mayor of Portsmouth for 1710. The work provides a succinct portrait of the economic and organisational makeup of the navy, before presenting detailed arguments for revisions and the introduction of new… Read More

London: Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. xxix, 425pp, [3]. With half-title, a list of subscribers, and 79 engraved plates.Later navy half-morocco, navy cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, some offsetting, scattered foxing. The first edition of an informative history of naval engagements by Royal Navy officer Charles Ekins (1768-1855). The work pioneered the dedicated examination of tactical development throughout the history of the nation; though scholars have criticised its lack of reference to foreign authorities and the often vague diagrams, which though taken from official dispatches, are frequently inaccurate. . First edition. Quarto.

Lausanne: Librairie Martignier et Chavannes, 1860. 32pp. Original publisher's drab printed paper wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Inked ownership inscription to title. A monograph calling for the establishment of a dedicated federal military for the defence of Switzerland in light of the conflict with Napoleon III over the territories of Savoy. . First edition. 8vo.

[Milano]: A. Mondadori, [1930]. 426pp, [2]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, a further 177 photographic plates. Without the geographical map. Later blue buckram, lettered in gilt. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound-in. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'To Colonel Brocklehurst / who understands the charm / of Africa unsploit by white people / and the dumb language of it animals! / R. Franchetti. / [?] 16-7-1933.' The first edition of Italian explorer Raimondo Franchetti's (1889-1935) entertaining account of his travels in the Danakil region of northeastern Ethiopia. His sympathetic understanding of the indigenous population encouraged many of the Ethiopian tribal chiefs to join an alliance with Italy before hostilities commenced in 1934. Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (1888-1942) British Army officer (killed in action in Burma during the… Read More

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. [4], 251pp, [1]. Original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to head and foot of spine, upper joint split, chipping to lettering-piece. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, later inked ownership to recto of FFEP, foxed. The first edition of the military service memoirs of George Samuel Parsons (d. 1854). The work was published in Boston where Parsons' had found himself having survived shipwreck whilst serving as an Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. The account records his service during the War of the Third Coalition, in particular as a midshipman at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797, and as a signal-midshipman under Nelson aboard the HMS Foudroyant. . First edition. 12mo.

Berlin: August Mylius, 1778. [4], viii, [12], 260, [48], 320pp. Parallel German and French text. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, a trifle marked, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP. The first edition of German mathematician Johann Carl Schulze's (1749-1790) useful logarithmic and trigonometric tables. From the recently dispersed library of Erwin Tomash (1921-2012), American engineer recognised for his early pioneering work with computer equipment peripherals. His library consisted of over 3,000 books and manuscripts relevant to the history of computation, from medieval and renaissance works on arithmetic, finger-reckoning and the abacus, to the birth in the twentieth century of theoretical and practical computer science under Alan Turing. Tomash S 65.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 60. viii, 328pp. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, marked and dust-soiled, spine sunned, corners bumped. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. A limited edition of a collection of Stevenson's short stories, first published in book form in 1882, previously published in various periodicals between 1877 and 1880. . 8vo.

London: Published by Smith, elder and Co., 1839. [4], 172pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, decorated green cloth boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of Francis Markham to FEP, very occasional inked annotations to margins. A complete register of every officer, both retired and in active service, of the British Army. The catalogue is arranged by regiment, with biographical notes for distinguished members, details of the numerous departments and headquarters throughout the Empire, and information on campaigns fought throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, including, naturally the Napoleonic Wars. . 8vo.

London: Printed for C. Smith, January 6th, 1804 Hand-coloured engraved map. Linen backed. Housed in original publisher's blue card slipcase. Slipcase worn and marked, naive pen-trials to verso. Map lightly spotted. An early nineteenth-century map of the county of Kent, showing boundaries, rivers, roads, woods and settlements (with relief shown by hachures), first published January 6th, 1801. . Second edition. Dimensions, unfolded: 520 x 490 mm.

Wellington: By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, 1930. x, 116pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. The first edition of a record of the history of 'those native lands in the Provinces of Wellington and Nelson which were set apart by the New Zealand Company in 1840 as reserves for the benefit of the 'aboriginal chiefs, their tribes and heirs for ever''. The system was planned by the director of the Company, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand. . First edition. 8vo.

London: John Harris, [s.d., c. 1830] vi, [1], 8-138pp, [6]. With 24 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and three final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Augusta Fludyer / Janry. 1. 1834', very short tear to fore-edge of leaf H2. A succinct primer for children on the scriptural history of the Old Testament by educationalist Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), first published in 1813. Moon 920(5).. 12mo.

Hamburgh [i.e. Hamburg]: F. H. Nestler & Melle, 1851. [16], xxiv, 394pp. Printed in double columns. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Near contemporary ownership inscription to head of title-page 'Fanny G. Houghlin / Feb. 1863', very occasional light spotting. A revised and enlarged edition of an immensely popular English/German language primer, seemingly first printed in 1836. 'The English language being now almost considered as forming an indispensable part of the education of Germans, one principal object studiously kept in view throughout the following Phrases and Dialogues, has been to render them essentially useful to this nation in particular' (preface to the first edition). . Fifth edition newly revised and enlarged. 12mo.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. 64pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered in navy, with the unclipped cream dustwrapper printed in black. Wrapper a little marked and scuffed. With an ink inscription to Henry Williamson from the author dated July 25th 1934. Teresa Hooley (1888-1973) was a prolific female poet working predominantly from 1920 to the middle of the 20th century. Falling out of fashion in her later years, she is best remembered for her First World War Poem 'A War Film', which first appeared in Songs of All Seasons (London, 1927). Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist and writer on natural history and the English countryside, is predominantly remembered as the author of Tarka the Otter (1927) for which he won the Hawthornden Prize. His wartime experiences on the Western Front having altered his life inexorably, he spent the remainder of his post-war life in Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk, writing naturalistic novels very much in the romantic tradition. . First edition. 8vo.