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DOGGERLAND: LOST WORLD UNDER THE NORTH SEA
Written by Luc Amkreutz; Sasja Van Der Vaart-Verschoof.
Stock no. 1826802
Published by Sidestone Press. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

The story of one of the most important, but least known major archaeological sites in Europe: Doggerland. Few know that the beaches along the North Sea lie on the edge of a vast lost world. A prehistoric landscape that documents almost a million years of human habitation and lay dry for most of that time. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789464261134. A nice copy.

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THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF BRITTANY: THE FIRST BRETONS IN ARMORICA
Written by Pierre-Roland Giot; Philippe Guigon; Bernard Merdrignac.
Stock no. 1826799
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Written by three distinguished French scholars, this book examines the reasons for the migration of Britons from the Roman Province of Britannia to Armorica during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0752425242. Covers a little scuffed and creased. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean.

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ITALIAN VENICE: A HISTORY
Written by R.J.B. Bosworth.
Stock no. 1826797
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The city's modern 'Italian' history from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento to the present day. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780300193879. Minor pencil erasure marks to front endpaper.

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THE EASTERN FRONT: MEMOIRS OF A WAFFEN SS VOLUNTEER, 1941-1945
Written by Leon Degrelle.
Stock no. 1826456
Published by Institute For Historical Review. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Epic story of the great European fighting force of the Second World War, the Waffen SS, told by a man whose unmatched frontline combat experience and literary talent made him the premier spokesman for his fallen comrades. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9780939484775. A nice copy.

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MONTE CASSINO JANUARY-MAY 1944: THE LEGEND OF THE GREEN DEVILS
Written by Angelos Mansolas.
Stock no. 1826441
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Allied attempts to break through the German defences on the rocky hill of Monte Cassino ended up as one of the longest and deadliest engagements ever fought on European soil... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781781556023. Pictorial dustwrapper has minor scuffing.

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THE ODER FRONT 1945
Written by A. Stephan Hamilton.
Stock no. 1826243
Published by Helion & Company. 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Generealoberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany's Final Defence in the East, 20 March - 3 May. The end of Nazi-Germany. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781906033873. A physical print on demand copy, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Reprint. Toip edge of text block slightly dusty/marked. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE AGE OF PHILIP II (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Fernand Braudel; Eugen Weber.
Stock no. 1826242
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Three volume set. World in the Age of Philip II. Green covers with gilt decorations to all. Introduced by Eugen Weber. Colour plates. A lovely set, contained in publisher's slipcase with a few minor knocks to edges.

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MONTE CASSINO JANUARY-MAY 1944: THE LEGEND OF THE GREEN DEVILS
Written by Angelos Mansolas.
Stock no. 1826180
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Allied attempts to break through the German defences on the rocky hill of Monte Cassino ended up as one of the longest and deadliest engagements ever fought on European soil... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781781556023. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at base of spine.

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HELL ON HILL 112
Written by Georges Bernage.
Stock no. 1826138
Published by Heimdal. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Following the failure at Villers-Bocage and a further failure at the end of June 1944 facing Hill 112 at the end of Operation Epsom (the "Battle of the Odon"), Monty relaunched an attack against Hill 112, southwest of Caen, on 10 July 1944. This album presents a precise historical text recounting the operations hour by hour with numerous testimonies and period photos as well as battlefield equipment, tank profiles, and then-and-now photos. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9782840485506. Minor mark to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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SS-KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER 1943-1945
Written by Massimiliano Afiero.
Stock no. 1826137
Published by Kagero. 1st 2018. Almost very good condition.

The military career of Jochen Peiper, one of the most valiant and decorated officers of the Waffen SS told through the main battles and campaigns, which involved the units under his command, especially the armored Kampfgruppen of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788395157509. Corner sbumped & rubbed. Rear board is worn with a few splits to surface paper at edges. Contents are clean.

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THE ROMAN EMPIRE VOLUME 1: FROM THE ETRUSCANS TO THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Henri Stierlin.
Stock no. 1826066
Published by Taschen. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The monumental and technically highly sophisticated architecture of the Roman Empire continues to fascinate all who set eye on it. This volume traces the development of Roman architecture throughout Italy, Gaul, Spain, the Rhineland and North Africa from 800 B.C. to A.D. 330. From the Etruscans to Republican Rome and the eventual fall of the Roman Empire, this publication takes the reader on a vivid journey to Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome and the lost cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Large format. Matt yellow paper boards, white titles. Colour photos. ISBN: 3822885622. A few minor grubby marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with some light scuff marks.

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PRUSSIAN EAGLE
Written by D. Erskine Muir.
Stock no. 1325568
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of Prussia recounted from the earliest days to 1914. Red cloth, black title to spine. 202 pages. 4 b/w plates and 4 maps. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light page edge browning and foxing. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with slight loss, spine browned and ink scribble to front panel.

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