Recent Arrivals from Victor Sutcliffe

London: John Murray, , 1864. xvi and 934 pages, Folding and other illustrations. Rebound in cloth with leather title label, half title missing, minor damage to title page (see photo) and some damp marking to the preface only, a good sound copy otherwise.

London: William Clowes, 1885 various editions. 64 pages; 160 pages; 96 pages. Illustrated. Small square 8vo. Publisher's red leatherette a little soiled and slightly pulled but a good sound copy. Ownership signature of Lieutenant J C Sutton who no doubt, as was intended, carried the book in his pocket while on manoeuvres. Charles Slack must have made a fair amount… Read more about this item

Paris: Honore Champion, 1913. 354 pages. Rebound in cloth, the half title is damaged with slight loss (see photo), an excellent copy otherrwise.

London: Society for Medieval Archaeology, 1977. 482 pages. 10 plates, 198 figures. Plain pink wrappers with minor age wear, text good and clean. SMA Monograph No.7.

Devonport: for the author, , 1987. xii and 348 pages. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy in the publisher's black rexine with dustwrapper. Perkins page 592. Deals with the Tasmanian Rangers, the Tasmanian Mounted Infantry and related volunteer units, and includes a chapter on the Tasmanian contingent in the Boer War.

Newort: The Friends of the Newport Ship, , 2011. 41 pages. Colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial wrappers, one corner bumped, slight wear to the edges. 9780951913659

London: OUP for The British Academy, 1984. 482 pages. 10 plates, 198 figures. Publisher's cloth with dustwrapper. An apparently unread ex-library copy, in fine condition apart from three ink stamps of Trent Polytechnic Library, a Dewey reference at the base of the spine and two added library labels. Records of Social and Economic History new series number IX.

London: Frederick Warne, 1885. 185 pages. 2 maps, 5 portraits. Attractively bound in quarter cloth and marbled boards, some light foxing. In 1878 Marvin, while employed as a copying clerk at the Foreign Office, had leaked the text of an Anglo-Russian treaty to The Globe. He was arrested but released when it was realised that he had commited no offence in… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1854 third edition. xx and 580 pages. Full tan calf gilt, new title labels, spine a lttle rubbed, an excellent copy.

London: Smith Elder, 1843. xxx and 575 pages.12 plates. A good copy in the publisher's salmon cloth with the regimental crest in gold on the front board and a stand of arms in gold on the spine; the headcap is chipped and there is a small tear and other minor wear to the outer hinges, but the binding is still… Read more about this item

London: House of Commons, 1810. Folio. Later quarter cloth and boards. British parliamentary paper (number 244) ordered to be printed 4 May 1810. Thomas Keate (1745-1821) was appointed Surgeon General in 1798. In 1808 the Commission of Military Enquiry published its fifth report which was a detailed investigation of the Army Medical Board's financial affairs. In an effort to 'rescue my… Read more about this item

London: House of Commons, , 1809. 94 pages. Later quarter cloth and boards. The Commissioners' ninth report dealt with the finance of the army in the West Indies. The Chairman, Lt Colonel John Drinkwater (1762-1844), had been Commissary General of the Helder Expedition in 1799. The Commissioners uncovered 'such a mass of public corruption' as 'has probably never been equalled in the… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1854. xxiv and 471 pages. 6 maps. Contemporary half calf gilt, spine relaid. Described by Fortescue as 'the best military history in our language.' Bunbury deals with the North Holland campaign of 1799 in which he served on the Duke of York's staff and the campaign Sicily and Calabria between 1805 and 1810 including the battle of… Read more about this item

Dublin: M'Glashan and Gill, 1862. 164 pages. Combined frontispiece portraits of Robertson and Colonel Bentinck. Later quarter cloth. Captain Robertson was insulted by Colonel Dickson at the Army and Navy Club. The affair escalated until Robertson felt obliged to submit himself to a court martial. The evidence gives an interesting insight into regimental life in the mid 19th Century.

London: P Martin, 1812. xii and 276 pages. Folding general map. Publisher's grey boards rebacked in quarter cloth. Stothert, adjutant of the Third Foot Guards, was fatally wounded at Waterloo.

London: for the author by Porter and King, 1820. xii and 501 pages. Later half blue leather with marbled boards.

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1887. xvi and 464 pages. Large folding general map, map of area round Baku,128 illustrations. Contemporary half black leather with marbled sides. Swedish language first edition of Sven Hedin's first major travel book recording his travels around the Caspian while he was working as a tutor at Baku and learning to speak Persian. There is no English… Read more about this item

Banbury: Oxfordshire Yeomanry Trust, 1998. 83 pages. Illustrated. Laminated wrappers. Extra illustrated with thirty added photographs, five of which show Churchill as an officer of the regiment.

London: RUSI, 1933. 2 volumes. 25 plates, 24 maps. 4to. Publisher's half mauve and green cloth with regimental crest in gold on the front boards; minor fading. Volume 1. 1817-1913. Part 1 by Major M H Anderson and Lt Colonel E S J Anderson. Part 2 by Colonel G M Molloy. xxxiv and 276 pages; 12 plates, 11 maps. Volume 2. 1914-1931.… Read more about this item

Doncaster: D P & G, about 1985. Display album containing 50 mainly coloured photographs of actual uniforms and dress distinctions then on display. Includes a vast collection of badges and sporran ornaments and much on the volunteer battalions. All the photos are adequately captioned.