British Isles
Beagle Aircraft. A Production History
Measham, Midland Counties Publications, 1974. The Beagle is a British light aircraft manufacturer, similar to Miles or Auster. More
The Black and White Budget. Volumes I and II, Numbers 1-25; Oct 7th, 1899 - March 31st, 1900 [and] Vol. III, Numbers 26-51; April 7th - September 19th, 1900
London, The Black and White Publishing Company, Limited, 1899 to 1900. 'The Black and White Budget' covered the participants and and developments of the 2nd Boer War, continuing until 30 May 1903. News, biographical details of heroes, officers and ordinary soldiers, with illustrations from the field and hundreds of portraits..... More
The British Controversialist and Impartial Inquirer... Volume VI. [Together with]: ... Volume I. New Series
London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1855 and 1856. More
Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy). Pre-Decimal Issues
London, Spink & Son, 2002 (updated and revised)/ 1984. Standard Catalogue of British Coins. More
The Con Camp Chronicle. Published by Permission of Lt. Col. H.L.W. Norrington DSO RAMC. Editors: Rev. H.F.S. Collier ... [and] Pte. William Farrow AIF. September, 9 1917, No 10 ... 1 Penny weekly [drop-title]
Rouen, The Editors, September 1917. Melbourne-born William Farrow described himself as a 'Black & White Artist' on his enlistment form in March 1916. He was in the 3rd Division Cyclists' Corps, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion and going to France in September 1916. His service records indicate that for..... More
The Concise Dictionary of National Dictionary from Earliest Times to 1985. Volume One, Volume Two [and] Volume Three
Oxford, Oxford Universtiy Press, 1992 (first edition). With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM] in each volume, and his inscribed date of purchase. More
The Cunard Express Liners 'Lusitania' and 'Mauretania'
London, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1970 [revised and enlarged edition]/ 1907. Number 2 in the Ocean Liners of the Past series. While essentially a facsimile reprint of a Souvenir Number of 'The Shipbuilder' (published to commemorate the launching of 'Mauretania' in 1907), together with a specially compiled epilogue covering the rest..... More
Essays in English Neoclassicism in Memory of Charles B. Woods
Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1966. With the ownership signature of Professor Colin Horne. Philological Quarterly Volume 45, Number 1. More
Fifty Years of 'Via Eastern'. A Souvenir and Record of the Celebrations in Connection with the Jubilee of the Eastern Associated Telegraph Companies
London, Eastern Associated Telegraph Companies, 1922. The figure 4352 stamped on the first blank page suggests a numbered (albeit clearly not a limited) edition. More
The Form and Order of the Service that is to be performed and of the Ceremonies that are to be observed, in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster, on Thursday, the 22nd day of June, 1911
London, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1911 (first edition). Not stated as such, but from the collection of the Downer family. More
Francis Bacon. Recent Paintings November - Deceomber 1968
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 1968. Catalogue Number 241. Loosely inserted is a slightly creased Marlborough compliments slip. More
The Franco-British Exhibition Illustrated Review, 1908. Edited by F.G. Dumas
London, Chatto and Windus, 1908. More
The Great Exhibition - London 1851. The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue of The Industries of All Nations
New York, Bounty Books, 1970 (facsimile)/ 1851. More
A Guide to the Egyptian Galleries (Sculpture). With 39 plates and 46 illustrations in the text
London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1909. More
In Memoriam 1939-1945 [cover title]
[London], British Medical Association, c.1954]. 'A Memorial in Honour of the Medical Men & Women of the British Empire & Commonwealth of Nations who gave their Lives in the Second World War.' The Roll of Honour totals 8 pages. The monument (four figures of Sacrifice, Cure, Prevention and Aspiration surrounding..... More
John Piper. European Topography 1967-1969. Oil Paintings and Gouaches
London, Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, 1972. Catalogue Number 257. Includes eight pages of full colour illustrations. More
John Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields, 1865-1965. [Cover title]: Readheads, 1865-1965
[South Shields, The Company, 1965]. More
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. Volume 1: 1921-1922. [Together with]: ... Volume 2: 1923
London, Arms and Armour Press, 1973 and 1974 [both first thus]. Army Lists, Artillery, Flags, Flogging and Military War-Cries. More
King Albert's Book. A Tribute to the Belgian King and People...
(London), Daily Telegraph... 1915. More
Military Engineering Volume V. Roads
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935. With the ownership signature of a Lieutenant Colonel in the NZ Army. 110 plates (several folding) and numerous tables. More
A Modest Collection. Private Libraries Association 1956-2006
Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 2007. With the pictorial bookplate, designed by Katharine Stafford, of G.A.Stafford. More
Northern Part of Australia. (Despatch Respecting.)
Sydney, Government Printer, 1862. The despatches, from the Duke of Newcastle, the incumbent Secretary of State for the Colonies, concern whether 'the northern part of Australia should be formed into a new Colony, or that a portion of the territory in question should be annexed to Queensland'. Newcastle's recommendation was..... More
Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen [in two volumes]
London, Newman, Graham & Co., [circa 1905 (first edition thus)]. Lengthy biographical sketches are accompanied by fine portraits, with many of the latter by Elliott & Fry. Other photographers noted include Messrs. Bassano, C.E. Fry & Son, Langfier Limited, Russell & Sons, Lafayette Limited, and A.C. Hoskins. The contents of..... More
Prisoners of War Naval and Air Forces of Great Britain and the Empire, 1939-1945. Alphabetical Nominal registers of over 21,000 Australian, British, Canadian, New Zealand, South African and other Naval and Air Force prisoners of war of all ranks held in Germany and German occupied territories ...
Polstead, J.B. Hayward & Son/ The Imperial War Museum, 1990/ 1945. Includes 'the names of approximately 169,000 Officers and men of the British, Dominion and other Allied Forces[;] originally published in ten parts by His Majesty's Stationery Office ... in limited numbers for internal reference, updated ... until the last..... More