Orders, Decorations and Medals

Gibson, J.H., British Military & Naval Medals and Decorations, London, 1880, formerly Messrs. Baldwin’s working copy, many amendments and notes tipped-in; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and Decorations…1588 to 1889, 1st edn, London, 1890, vi + 185pp, letter from author tipped-in, newspaper cuttings pasted in back; Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxvii + 617pp, illustrations in text; [Spink], The War Medal Record, vol. II, London, 1898, xi + 226pp, illustrations in text; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and Decorations…1588 to 1898, 2nd edn, London, 1899, vi + 356pp, illustrations; Hayward, J.B., and others, British Battles and Medals, 7th edn, London, 2006, xix + 798pp, illustrations in text; together with other references, by Purves, Johnson, Barclay, etc [12]. Mayo in modern maroon cloth, gilt, an attractive set, others in publishers’ bindings, last new (5) £80-100

Provenance: First ex libris A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd; fourth ex libris Abe Kosoff, New York