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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Thomas Bowser] General Orders. Head Quarters, Ghoultry Plain, Bangalorem the 15th of December, 1824.](jpegs/62478.jpg)
[Thomas Bowser] General Orders. Head Quarters, Ghoultry Plain, Bangalorem the 15th of December, 1824. G.O. by Lieutenant-General Bowser, Commanding the Army in Chief. Bangalore, 15th December, 1824. Lieutenant-General Bowser succeeds to the Command of the Madras Army...
[1824.]
Letterpress. Sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Folds and stains, laid on album paper.
General orders announcing the appointment of Sir Thomas Bowser (1749-1833) to the command of the Madras Army, replacing Sir Alexander Campbell (1760-1824), who had died in Madras aged 64. Bowser returned to England in 1826. General Sir Thomas Bowser joined the Madras European Regiment of the East India Company as an ensign in 1773. He subsequently rose through the ranks and was eventually being appointed governor of Madras. These orders also reference General Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) who, as Brigadier General, was fighting the First Anglo-Burmese War at this time.
[Ref: 62478] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[1824.]
Letterpress. Sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Folds and stains, laid on album paper.
General orders announcing the appointment of Sir Thomas Bowser (1749-1833) to the command of the Madras Army, replacing Sir Alexander Campbell (1760-1824), who had died in Madras aged 64. Bowser returned to England in 1826. General Sir Thomas Bowser joined the Madras European Regiment of the East India Company as an ensign in 1773. He subsequently rose through the ranks and was eventually being appointed governor of Madras. These orders also reference General Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) who, as Brigadier General, was fighting the First Anglo-Burmese War at this time.
[Ref: 62478] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![['The Downfall of Bonaparte'] The Western Luminary:](jpegs/62560.jpg)
['The Downfall of Bonaparte'] The Western Luminary: The Family Newspaper of the Nobility & Gentry, Farmers & Traders of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Vol. II.--- Nº. 59. Price 8d.
Tuesday, April 19, 1814. Printed at Exeter by T. Flindell.
Letterpress newspaper. Folio (390 x 270mm), pp. (8), with tax stamp. Folds, tears with loss and surface dirt. Page 7 double-printed.
A regional newspaper giving a contemporary account of 'The Downfall of Bonaparte', with details of the new French constitution, an 'Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte' and a section on 'Bonaparte's Allies in Cornwall'.
[Ref: 62560] £250.00
Tuesday, April 19, 1814. Printed at Exeter by T. Flindell.
Letterpress newspaper. Folio (390 x 270mm), pp. (8), with tax stamp. Folds, tears with loss and surface dirt. Page 7 double-printed.
A regional newspaper giving a contemporary account of 'The Downfall of Bonaparte', with details of the new French constitution, an 'Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte' and a section on 'Bonaparte's Allies in Cornwall'.
[Ref: 62560] £250.00
George Christie Tea Merchant.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving, printed in blue. Sheet 130 x 170mm (5 x 6¾"), priced letterpress stock list on reverse. Trimmed.
An advert showing the outside of the premises of a tea merchant at 135 Edgware Road.
[Ref: 62460] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving, printed in blue. Sheet 130 x 170mm (5 x 6¾"), priced letterpress stock list on reverse. Trimmed.
An advert showing the outside of the premises of a tea merchant at 135 Edgware Road.
[Ref: 62460] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bound reprint of The Times newspaper, June 22nd 1815, with reports of the Battle of Waterloo.]](jpegs/62559.jpg)
[Bound reprint of The Times newspaper, June 22nd 1815, with reports of the Battle of Waterloo.]
[n.d., 1915?]
4to, 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"), blue cloth gilt; pp.(iv), letterpress. . Folds, tears and surface dirt, bottom edge reinforced with brown tape, binding worn.
A centenary(?) facsimile of The Times newspaper printed five days after the Battle of Waterloo, containing the first reports, including a list of casualties. The original was larger and had five columns; the list of casualties was published on the 23rd June.
https://guides.loc.gov/noteworthy-newspaper-issues/london-times
[Ref: 62559] £150.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., 1915?]
4to, 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"), blue cloth gilt; pp.(iv), letterpress. . Folds, tears and surface dirt, bottom edge reinforced with brown tape, binding worn.
A centenary(?) facsimile of The Times newspaper printed five days after the Battle of Waterloo, containing the first reports, including a list of casualties. The original was larger and had five columns; the list of casualties was published on the 23rd June.
https://guides.loc.gov/noteworthy-newspaper-issues/london-times
[Ref: 62559] £150.00 view all images for this item