Capt Willoughby Verner (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stitch-stapled facsimile reprint of the 1889 original edition.

Orig Pictorial Cloth. Condition: VG. First. Not paginated but collated complete with list of subscribers. A history of the Nile expedition of 1884-5 taken from author's diary sketch book Each sketch is accompanied by a description of the events leading up to that sketch. The illustrations are lovely. Internally this rare work is very clean and except for the original end paper free of foxing. The volume is complete with one colored sketch map and 37 colored lithographic plates. Although the covers and spine are good only the plates are in great shape. The original pictorial board binding shows wear, especially at corners but the cover illustration is all present and clear. Orig. unprinted white spine soiled as expected.…

First Edition. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.149 [3]. Publisher's dark green cloth with silver titles to spine and upper. Black coated endpapers. Damp staining and wear to boards. Two ink ownerships to verso of flyleaf. Heavy toning to preliminaries, with a tear to the title page, and heavy wear to the fore-edge of p.15/16. Good.…