Gibson, J.H., British War Medals and Other Decorations, Military and Naval, London, 1866, 86pp, title page signed by the author to James O’Byrne, some manuscript amends by O’Byrne in margins; Whalley, J.L., Gold War Medals Awarded to British Military & Naval Forces from Elizabeth to Victoria, Lancaster, nd [1888], [x] + 36pp, signed by the author on front cover and dated 27/1/93; Risk, J.C., British Orders and Decorations, New York, 1945, ANS NNM 106, 124pp, 76 plates; Kerr, W.J.W., Notes on War Medals 1794-1840, Exmouth, 1948, 36pp, 1 plate (2 copies, one with some annotations in text) [5]. First in original gilt-decorated red cloth, second in original boards frayed and chipped at edges, others in publishers’ bindings £40-60

Provenance: First ex libris James O’Byrne and Terence J. Robertson, London, with their bookplates