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A HISTORY OF BARBADOS
Written by Ronald Tree; E.L. Cozier.
Stock no. 1327707
Published by Granada. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and updated by Crozier. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 116 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0246110368. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso.

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ELGAR IN AMERICA
Written by Richard Smith.
Stock no. 1827993
Published by Elgar Editions. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Elgar Monographs No. 3. Elgar's American connections between 1895 and 1934. Blue cloth boards, red foil titles and vignette to front. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0954855310. SIGNED by the author (personal gift inscription) to half-title page. A few minor grubby marks to boards. Contents clean. Fairly strong odour present.

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THE SACRIFICIAL YEARS
Written by Walt Whitman; John Harmon McElroy.
Stock no. 1827478
Published by David R. Godine. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War. Edited & with an introduction by John Harmon McElroy. Dark pink cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1567920799. Possible fading to front panel and spine of dustwrapper (not obvious).

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AMERICAN MINING
Written by Paul J. White.
Stock no. 1827473
Published by University Presses Of Florida. Circa 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Fifty years of research on American mining sites that date from colonial times, the author provides an ideal overview of the field for both students and professionals. A multifaceted look at mining, incorporating findings from an array of subfields, including historical archaeology, industrial archaeology, and maritime archaeology. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 9780813054551. This is a physical print on demand copy printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Rear board is a little grubby at edges, else a fine copy.

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RUM WAR AT SEA
Written by Malcolm F. Willoughby.
Stock no. 1826878
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

The period of National Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 1930s. As one of the law enforcement agencies charged with the suppression of the illegal liquor traffice, the United States Coast Guard was deeply involved in what has become known as 'The Rum War'. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and chapter headers. A few small knocks to board edges. Boards a little grubby, marked to rear board. Text block browned. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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PICKETT'S CHARGE: THE LAST ATTACK AT GETTYSBURG
Written by Earl J. Hess.
Stock no. 1826455
Published by University Of North Carolina Press. Circa 2001. Very good condition.

Definitive history of the most famous military action of the American Civil War. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9780807871294. Covers lightly rubbed at corners. Text block just a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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TENNESSEE'S WAR 1861-1865 DESCRIBED BY PARTICIPANTS
Written by Stanley F. Horn.
Stock no. 1826163
Published by Tennessee University Press. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Compiled and edited by Stanley F. Horn, longtime student of the Civil War in Tennessee. Firsthand impressions made by the war on observant individuals - civilian, military, and political; men and women; Northerners and Southerners. Green cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front. Maps to endpapers. ISBN: 0874020190. Fifth printing. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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GYPSIES: THE HIDDEN AMERICANS
Written by Anne Sutherland.
Stock no. 1825532
Published by Tavistock Publications. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the author's two years' research centred on a community of Gypsies (Rom) living on the west coast of America. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 042274610X. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and faded to spine.

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COMMUTER AIRLINES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by R.E.G. Davies; I.E. Quastler; George Haddaway.
Stock no. 2139415
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth with silver title to spine. Foreword by Haddaway. ISBN: 156098404X. Light knocks to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER PLANES 1935 TO 1945 WINGS TO THE ORIENT A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Stan Cohen.
Stock no. 2139399
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Sikor-sky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing B-314. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0933126611. Some light page edge browning.

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CALIFORNIA WINGS: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN THE GOLDEN STATE
Written by William A. Schoneberger; Paul Sonnenburg; Carter Barber; Robert J. Serling.
Stock no. 2139181
Published by Windsor Publications Inc.. Circa 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0897810783. Small bumps to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT 1934-1998 VOLUME 1
Written by Norm Avery.
Stock no. 2138706
Published by Jonathan Thompson; Narkiewicz Thompson. Circa 1998. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0913322059. Some browning to covers and page edges. Bump to top of spine, with small nick/split.

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