Barrow Col (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lt Col Batty (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original pictorial gilt brown cloth, profusely illustrated by Lt Col Batty, full page plates, this maybe the first illustrated edition of a work that was first issued in 1832 in London and later in New York and a work not sympathetic to the actions of Mr. Christian the full title was in fact The Mutiny and the Piractical Seizure of the HMS Bounty. a near fine bright copy, rare thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Two volume set of the history of the Beds & Herts Regiment 1688 to 1958 with useful sections on WWI & WWII. 1st Edition. 420pp., 726pp., illustrations, folding maps, Both volumes in very good condition+ in attractive black cloth, gilt. Very heavy set.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Stark, Leroy; Bristow; Lowery, Louis R.; Tyler, Charles B.; Savatt, Russel W. Jr.; Dickson, Donald L. (cover); Welsh (illustrator). First Edition. 88 pages. Features: Two-page Liggett & Myers cigarette ad features great photo of Army-Navy football crowd; Objective - Enemy Beach; Cartoon feature of "Clyde Keen - Space Marine"; Embassy Marines - Part 2; Photos of a double-date in Paris; The Last Banana War - Part 1 - Marines pioneered air-ground tactics during the second Nigaraguan Campaign; The Noise Happy Ghost (storey); Post of the Corps - Concord - the west's largest tidewater ammunition facility; Operation Whipsaw - three-day maneuvers at Camp Lejeune; Photo of Miss California, Suzanne Reamo, with Marines from Moffett Field; Photo of Iwakuni beauty contest winners, including Sherry Ward; El Toro Fish-Off; Transfers; Nice one-page photo of Angie Dickinson leaning on chair; List of retirees with photo of H.B. Wells and John Goffe; Corps Album - great archival photos; Nice Camel back cover color-photo ad features Graeme Howard Jr. of Yale Law, 1960, smoking in law library; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear to back cover. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue.

Hardback. Condition: As New. 2 vols.: 420p. + 727p. Folding Maps. Very Oversize. Black cloth in similarly covered slip case. As New Set. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. D. H. Sharpe and C. C. P. Lawson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt titles. Lord Luke's copy (Lieutenant colonel with the Regiment during the Second World War and former Chairman of Bovril Ltd.), and with dedication to him in volume I. Illustrated in black and white and full colour with many maps - most fold outs. A comprehensive history of the Regiment - now part of The Royal Anglian Regiment. A significant association copy. . Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. xiv+420;xvii+729. Item Type: Book. No notes or marking in text body. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, with some edge wear. Illustrator: D. H. Sharpe and C. C. P. Lawson. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; ; . Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 024502. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges.

4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly aged and creased laid paper with Joynson watermark dated 1867. The document is headed 'To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England', and it is the Secretary's post for which Batty is applying. He describes himself as '30 years of age, married, the son of hte late Col. Batty, of the Guards, and grandson of Sir John Barrow, Secretary of the Admiralty. I was educated at the London University School and at Cheltenham College, at both of which I obtained Mathematical Prizes; and on leaving the latter received the two frst of the accompanying Testimonials with reference to my suitability for official life, as I then thought of entering the Admiralty, but have since applied myself to the Fine Arts: and have, during 7 years, gone through the entire course at the Royal Academy, - thus acquiring a power that might possibly be useful to the Royal Agricultural Society, in making such drawings and plans as might be necessary. He has lived in West Sussex for two and a half years, 'in the midst of Farmers, whose acquaintance I have made'. The testimonials are from: W. Dobson, M.A., Principal of Cheltenham College; Sam. A. Ellis, M.A. Mathematical Master in Cheltenham College; late Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge; Charles Landseer, Esq., R.A. ('while a Student of the Royal Academy [.] your conduct was always unexceptionable, and [.] you were a creditable and diligent Student in the Schools [.] As the Son of my late Father's old friend, Col. Batty, I sincerely wish you success.'); Rev. T. R. Drake, M.A., Vicar of St. John's, Clapham, Surrey, and late Rector of Fittleworth, near Petworth; Henry Cartwright, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., Barrister-at-Law; John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S. Scarce: no copies on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC.

Both items in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Item One: Pencil inventory of 'RB | Select Books' - i.e. volumes of drawings by Richard Batty, dated June 1919. 3pp., 8vo, with separate inventory on last page headed 'Book of Engravings | In Drawing Room'. Bifolium. The first item in the list of 'Select Books' reads 'no Cover 1817 April Lyons Genoa Florence Rome (May) to 24 June'. Last entry on p.3: '1832 IV, thick 26 Decr Dawlish & 23 Jany | Coaxden [sic] Hall May 23 | Chard Torquay (July) Plymouth Falmouth | Lands End St Michaels M[oun]t 15 July 1833'. Item Two: Part of printed 'Catalogue of a Collection of Modern Pictures and Water-colour Drawings, the property of Mrs. Harrington, Deceased, Late of 64, Porchester Terrace; Also, Pictures and Drawings, from the Collection of the late Samuel Gaskell, Esq., Of Church House, Oatlands Park, and others, formerly the Property of the late Lieut.-Colonel Batty, Grenadier Guards, F.R.S.; which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, At their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, On Tuesday, March 22, 1887, At one o'clock precisely. [London: William Clowes & Sons]' Pp.1-4 and 13-15 only, on the two loose outer bifoliums of the catalogue. Featuring lots 135-156 (pp.13-15), which are headed: 'The following were formerly the Property of the late Lieut.-Colonel Robert Batty, Grenadier Guards, F.R.S.' Prices of 'Sold' items are given in manuscript to the left of the lots, with what may be the reserves given to the right. Lot 151 sold for the most, £110 5s 0d: 'A. VAN DER NEER | A Frozen Canal Scene'. Next highest were lots 149 and 150, which sold together for £30 9s 0d: 'W. VAN DE VELDE | 149 The Dutch Fleet under Van Tromp in the "Golden Lion" defeating the English in the Channel | 150 The English Burning the Dutch Fleet in the Texel - the companion | From Lord Gwydr's Collection'. From the Batty/Barrow (John Barrow, promoter of Arctic voyages) family papers.