$984
Gordon, Anthony (fl. circa 1805) A Treatise on the Science of Defence for the Sword, Bayonet, and Pike in Close Action . London: by McMillan, sold by Egerton, 1806. Inscribed author's presentation copy, with extensive margin notes in the author's hand throughout the text; second edition, large quarto, illustrated with nineteen full-page engravings, one of which is folding, and another, appearing between plates eight and nine, is unnumbered and out of series; bound in contemporary full straight-grained red morocco, tooled in gilt-extra, with gilt spine, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., blue end leaves; ex-library copy, from Gilstrap Public Library, in Newark-on-Trent, with unfortunate library stamps from the 1940s on the title page and verso of each plate, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
