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BOOKS FOR CAPTAINS AND CAPTAINS IN BOOKS
Written by Marco Faini; Maria Elena Severini.
Stock no. 1327366
Published by Harrassowitz Verlag. Circa 2016. Nearly fine condition.

This volume collects the papers presented at the conference "Books for Captains and Captains in books. Italo-German Conference on the training and image of the military leader during the Renaissance", held at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel from on 24th and 25th February, 2014. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9783447104890. Still in original shrink wrap which has been slightly torn on rear and is slightly opened at corners, because of this the corner tips of the covers are very very slightly rubbed.

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NATURE AND POLICY IN ICELAND 1400-1800
Written by K. Hastrup.
Stock no. 1327359
Published by Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthropological Analysis of History and Mentality, a sequel to Culture and History in Medieval Iceland. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. ISBN: 0198277288. Spine slightly bumped. Small ink price to front free-endpaper crossed out with pencil. Foxspots to flaps of dustwrapper, also to pastedowns. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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NAPOLEON'S MEDALS: VICTORY TO THE ARTS
Written by Richard Todd.
Stock no. 1327299
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Napoleon's artists displayed the stolen art from his Italian campaign on the medals to glorify his conquests, and used classical models to clothe him with heroic attributes. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. Colour photos of coins and medals throughout. ISBN: 9780752449999. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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BRITAIN AND THE REVOLT IN CYPRUS 1954-1959
Written by Robert Holland.
Stock no. 1327151
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 347 pages. ISBN: 0198205384. Slight bumping to spine and small dents to lower cover edges. Some top page corner tips slightly creased. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and is slightly edge creased.

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EXPUGNATIO HIBERNICA: THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND
Written by Giraldus Cambrensis; A.B. Scott; F.X. Martin.
Stock no. 1327146
Published by Royal Irish Academy. Very good condition.

New History of Ireland Ancillary Publications III. Cardwraps. 393 pages. Printed by eprint Dublin Ltd. ISBN: 0901714119. Later reprint. Cover edges rubbed. Textblock grubby. Table is missing - not sure if it was printed with this edition?

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THE MOMENT OF LIBERATION IN WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Gerd-Rainer Horn.
Stock no. 1327129
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2020. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Power Struggles & Rebellions, 1943-1948. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 262 pages. ISBN: 9780199587919. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners.

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ROMAN SILVER COINS VOL II TIBERIUS TO COMMODUS
Written by Herbert Allen Seaby.
Stock no. 1827593
Published by B.A. Seaby Ltd.. 2nd 1968. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

2nd (revised) edition. Seaby's Numismatic Publications. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minor mark to rear board. Lower edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF MALTA
Written by Carmelina Grech.
Stock no. 1827472
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A record of Malta's many achievements. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0750921889. Corners of covers lightly creased, rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY VOLUME 7 1994
Written by John H. Humphrey; Ann Arbor.
Stock no. 1827468
Published by Journal Of Roman Archaeology. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Humphrey & Arbor. A series of Articles, Archaeological notes, and Review articles. Large format. Grey cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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BYZANTIUM AND THE CRUSADES
Written by Jonathan Harris.
Stock no. 1326570
Published by Hambledon And London. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"This book aims to advance another view of Byzantine interaction with western Europe, the crusades, and the crusader states. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852852984. Spine slightly bumped. A few very small marks to contents which are otherwise clean and some foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges.

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GATES OF FEAR - GREAT EXPLOITS OF THE WORLD'S BULLRINGS
Written by Barnaby Conrad.
Stock no. 1326532
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, gilt title (on red title label) to spine, red matador vignette to front cover. B/w photos and illustrations. 335 pages. A book about those gates of fear and the men who wait, pale and with pounding hearts, to see what is going to come out of the dark tunnel. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to margin of acknowledgements page. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby.

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EMPEROR OF ROME
Written by Mary Beard.
Stock no. 1326518
Published by Profile Books. Circa 2023. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fact and fiction of the rulers of the ancient Roman world. Brown boards, gilt title to spine 493 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781846683787. 2nd printing. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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