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A Regimental Chronicle and List of Officers of the 60th, or the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd, or the Royal American Regiment of Foot.

WALLACE (Nesbit Willoughby) · 1879

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,546)

London: Harrison, 1879. First edition, royal 8vo, viii, 312, [2]pp., 2 photographic plates and 9 coloured plates, original publishers cloth, rebacked with original spine laid-down, gilt regimental crest on upper cover. White, p. 111.

Berthold Wolpe. A Retrospective Survey.

WOLPE (Berthold) · 1980

£19.35 (€23.19 | $25.56 | ¥4,082)

London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1980. First edition, 4to, [108]pp., frontis., illustrs., throughout (some coloured), original printed wrappers. This comprehensive, analytical survey of the work of Dr Berthold Wolpe, was intended to serve as a guide to the retrospective exh...

Type: A selection of Types. Une Selection de Caracteres d'Imprimerie. Ene Auswahl Guter Drucktypen.

HOSTETTLER (Rudolf) · 1949

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,671)

St. Gallen and London: R. Hostettler, 1949. First edition, 4to, 114pp., examples of type throughout, original printed boards. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with a presentation inscription from ‘Gran’ 1951.

Letters of Credit: a view of type design.

TRACY (Walter) · 1986

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,207)

London: Gordon Fraser, 1986. First edition, 4to, 224pp., type illustrations, original cloth, d.w. a nice copy. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with a A.L.s from the author.

The Royal Marine Artillery 1804-1923. Vol. I 1804-1859. [Vol. II 1859-1923].

FRASER (Edward) & CARR-LAUGHTON (L. G.) · 1930

£424.63 (€508.99 | $561.00 | ¥89,584)

London: The Royal United Service Institution, 1930. First edition, thick 4to, 2 vols., xx, 508; xvi, 509-1050pp., frontispieces, 90 illustrations, 41 maps, original publishers blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, regimental crest stamped in gilt on upper covers. White, p. ...

The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937.

ATKINSON (C. T.) · 1937

£134.38 (€161.08 | $177.53 | ¥28,350)

Cambridge: Printed for the Regimental History Committee at the University Press, 1937. First edition, 4to, xvii, [5], [1], 2-602pp., 4 folding maps, 52 plates (23 in colour), 56 illustrations, BOUND IN THE DE-LUXE FULL GREEN MOROCCO, base of spine a little chipped, gilt decor...

Historical Records of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.

EWART (Major-General J. S. et al) · 1909

£134.38 (€161.08 | $177.53 | ¥28,350)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1909. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, xxiv, 382; [8], 392pp., 50 plates, original publishers green cloth, regimental crest on upper cover, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, a very good set.

An Introduction to the History of Printing Types. An Illustrated Summary of the Main Stages in the Development of Types Design from 1440 up to the Present Day. An Aid to Type Face Identification.

DOWDING (Geoffrey) · 1961

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,939)

London: Wace & Company Ltd., 1961. First edition, large 8vo, 277pp., numerous examples of type, orig. cloth. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his bookplate and a long A.L.s from the author.

Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the year 1755 to the year 1858.

MOORSOM (W. S.) · 1860

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,546)

London: Richard Bentley, 1860. First edition, large 8vo, xvi,437, [1]pp., frontis., 24 plates and plans (some coloured), some occasional foxing, later half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt with red morocco lettering-piece, a very good copy.

Historical Records of the 14th Regiment, Now the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) from Its Formation in 1685 to 1892.

O’DONNELL Captain H.) Editor. · 1893

£155.88 (€186.85 | $205.94 | ¥32,886)

Devonport: A. H. Swiss, 1893. First edition, 8vo, xxii, 415pp., coloured frontispiece and 12 coloured plates, other illustrations, original publishers two-toned cloth, regimental crest stamped in gilt on upper cover. Provenance: With a tipped-in Christmas card from Field Ma...

Modern and Historical Typography. [With:] Modern and Historical Typography. Second Volume. An Illustrated Guide.

REINER (Imre) · 1948

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,939)

St. Gall: Zollikofer and Company, St. Gall. 1948-50. 2 Vols., small 4to, 6, 128; 6, [72]pp., illustrated throughout, original boards, d.w’s. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his signature and dated May 1954.

Monograms.

REINER (Imre) · 1947

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,671)

London: Publix Publishing Co., Ltd., 1947. First edition, oblong 8vo, 4pp., followed by 22 leaves of plates printed on recto only, original cloth, d.w. Monograms are sets of letters interwoven in one design—a book of suggestions for artists with imagination. This field offe...

Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685 and of its Subsequent Services to 1848.

CANNON (Richard) · 1868

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,340)

London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1868. First edition, 8vo, xxxvi, 128pp., coloured frontispiece, original publishers blind-stamped cloth, title in gilt on upper cover. White,

Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment, Now 1st Battalion the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) From its Formation, in 1717 to 1893.

SMYTHIES (Captain R. H. Raymond) · 1894

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,225)

Devonport: Printed for the Subscribers by A. H. Swiss, 1894. First edition, thick 8vo, xvi, 620, [2]pp., frontispiece, one of 250 numbered copies, 9 coloured plates, original publishers red cloth, neatly rebacked with original spine laid-down, regimental crest stamped in gilt ...

Celer et Audax: Its Origin as the Motto of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

RIGAUD (Major-General Gibbes) · 1882

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,546)

Oxford: Printed for Private Circulation by E. Pickard Hall, 1882. First edition, small 8vo, 20pp., one of a very few printed for private circulation, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A very scarce military regimental history printed for private circulation only. Prove...

The English Grammar made by Ben Jonson for the benefit of all strangers out of his observation of the English language now spoken and in use. With a prefatory note by Strickland Gibson.

JONSON (Ben.) GIBSON (Strickland) · 1928

£40.85 (€48.97 | $53.97 | ¥8,618)

London: Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd., 1928. 12mo, vi, 93pp., one folding plate, original imitation vellum, marbled slip-case, a fine copy.

Edward Philip Prince, Type Punchcutter.

AVIS (F.C.) · 1967

£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,743)

London: Glenview Press Ltd., 1967. First edition, 8vo, 104pp., limited edition, frontis., orig. cloth, d.w. a fine copy. Although virtually unknown, Prince was one of the greatest of his craft. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025).

True to Type. Ruari McLean: A Typographical Autobiography.

McLEAN (Ruari) · 2000

£12.90 (€15.46 | $17.04 | ¥2,721)

London: Werner Shaw, 2000. First edition, xvi, 216pp., illustrated, original cloth, d.w.

A Historical Account of the Services of the 34th & 55th Regiments, the linked line battalions in the 2nd or Cumberland & Westmorland sub-district brigade, from the periods of their formation until the present time. Compiled from the most authentic sources.

NOAKES (George) · 1875

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,207)

Carlisle: C. Thurnam and Sons, 1875. First edition, 8vo, xii, 160pp., lithographic frontispiece, original publishers red cloth, title stamped in gilt on upper cover.

The Narrative of the Burning of the “Sarah Sands,” Steam Transport. With the Headquarters of the 54th Regiment on Board.

MURRAT (William) · 1906

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,804)

Alnwick: M. Smith, 1906. 8vo, 32pp., original publishers green limp cloth.