Title First Command (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a UK first edition hardcover published by Harper Collins in 2023 AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR DIRECT TO THE TITLE PAGE - not a tipped in sheet. The jacket is Very Fine and unclipped - it states £22.00. The book is Very Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The copyright page has the number 1 present to confirm the first edition state. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hexham's 1642 contemporary hand-colored 'Art Military' on training military recruits. The first [second] [third] part of the Principles of the Art Military Practised in the Warres of the United Netherlands vnder the command of his Highness the Prince of Orange. [Part I] Delf in Holeand [Delft]: for the lovers of the noble Art Military, 1642; [Part II] London: Robert Younge, 1638 (a reissue with London title of the Delft edition of Walpote); [Part III] The Hague: Francis vander Spruyt, 1640. 3 parts in one, separately titled, folio (330 x 200 cm). [Part I]: [4], 1-40, 37-40, 45-55 [1], 12 pp., with 3 large folding plates (two extending to four pages), 9 full-page plates, and 40 part-page plates (several on one page, in some cases). All of the plates (excepting those on pp. 37-40) are in contemporary hand-coloring. The two volvelles found in some copies are not present, and there is no evidence that they ever were, but there are two ruled circles with several notes in a contemporary hand. [Part II]: [4], 18, 40 pp., with 19 plates by Hendrik Hondius, of which 15 are folding, all in contemporary hand-coloring. [Part III]: [4], 1-18, [2], 45-48, 25-32, [unnumbered], 33, 37-40, 21-28, 47-50, [4], 75, [two unnumbered], 80-81, [unnumbered], with 18 illustrations, three of which are folding plates, all in contemporary hand-coloring. Contemporary Dutch vellum gilt, with 19th century title label, all edges red; (minor thumbsoiling, three folding plates extensively creased, an old repaired tear to the first plate not affecting imagery, pagination characteristically erratic and lacking the appendix, otherwise good and generally clean, evenly and attractively colored probably by the original Dutch publishers as was common). Armorial bookplate (and shelfmark) of the great bibliophile Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex with his motto: Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos. (If God is for us, who can be against us?). The Duke's library was sold in 1843 by Christie and Manson. In 1642, the same year of this publication, the English Civil War broke out under the clashing forces of King Charles I and the 3rd Earl of Essex. At the start of the war both King and Parliamentary forces had to rapidly raise and train troops, as England had no standing army. Much to their advantage, some experienced men had fought in continental wars and brought back knowledge of how the Europeans trained their soldiers. One such man was Henry Hexham who had begun his military career as a page but spent over forty years fighting against the Spanish in the Netherlands. So important were his contributions, that Hexham has been dubbed the most vocal English proponent of the Dutch methods of war. Hexham's Art Military provide us with a great insight into how the Civil Wars were fought and how forces were equipped from ordinary citizens at this time. The handsome production is lavishly illustrated with color tinted plates for troop movements, drill postures, fortifications, gunnery etc., most deriving whimsy in execution, and interestingly the original Dutch commands are still present in the illustrations of pike and musket drill, suggesting that Hexham recycled his engravings. A complex bibliographic arrangement, it appears that almost every extant copy of the Art Military differs in some regard, title and imprint, and there can be no definitive collation. Undoubtedly the large folding plates as found here are rare survivals, and the majority of copies lack the volvelles, which were never present in this copy. ESTC S11968 (partial match); S119732 (an exact match for plates and collation); S119734 (partial match). See also Cockle; and Spaulding and Karpinski. It was the most elaborate work published in England on military matters up to that date. This the second edition, newly corrected, the first was published 1637 (1st part) and 1638 (2nd part).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. 3 p.ol., [ix]-xlvi, [2], 300. 28 etched plates by Thomas Landseer. 2 text illus. modern bds. (some offsetting from plates, small embossed library stamp on title). First Edition. The first of an ambitious four-part series devoted to the natural history of the Arctic regions. The Fauna Boreali-Americana was based on information Richardson collected on Franklin's two arctic overland expeditions, 1819-22 and 1825-27, in his capacity as surgeon-naturalist. This volume on mammals was composed entirely by Richardson. The second, third and fourth parts on birds, fish and insects appeared in 1831, 1836, and 1837 respectively. Arctic Bib. 14491. Lande S1924. Morgan p. 319. Peel 91. Sabin 71026. Streeter VI 3700. TPL 1454. Wagner-Camp 39.

Condition: Very Good. Frontis copperplate of Britannia ruling the waves by S. Cline, Jnr. engraved at London by Lombart + fine copperplate device of Commonwealth Arms on Title + 6 large text illustrations and maps at pp 85, 185, 222, 245, 366 & 394 (a gold Rose-noble of Edward Large quarto contemporary sheepskin, spine on 6 cords (original covers bare at tips and foot of spine but underlaid with small matching leather repairs), [48]pp (inc. frontis & facing page of verses "Neptune to the Common-wealth of England", Titlepage in red & black, Dedication to "The Supreme Autoritie of The Nation, The Parliament of the Common-wealth of England" signed by Marchamont Nedham, November 19, 1652, Author's Preface dated 4 November 1635 and Contents) +176pp, 179-274, 279-472, [471-2 & 477-8 repeated in place of 473-6 omitted in binding], 477-500 + [2] blank + [10]pp (inc. Title in red & black to DOMINIUM MARIS . Translated out of Italian with Commonwealth Arms dated 1652) + 37pp and [1]p blank. Collated complete except for binder's mistake of two repeat leaves in place of pp472-6 in section Ooo. Ownership inscription on page before frontis "John Ashe his booke given him at the doore Decemb. 1652" (probably John Ashe 1597 1658 MP for Westbury in Long Parliament from 1640). Two brown marks, on back of frontis and foot of Title, some worm-holes in margins not affecting text, top corners towards end lightly browned by former damp, pages else clean and crisp with no MS notes or other significant marks (referenced by Wing S2432, ESTC R15125). *Famous legal work establishing British naval power, original Latin 1635 version dedicated to Charles I. Samuel Pepys (Secretary to Navy) notes in his Diary 17 April 1663: "After dinner my father and I walked into the city a little, and parted and to Paul s Church Yard, to cause the title of my English 'Mare Clausum' to be changed, and the new title, dedicated to the King, to be put to it, because I am ashamed to have the other seen dedicated to the Commonwealth". 1 volume. Hardcover.