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STANLEY: SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Frank McLynn.
Stock no. 2118550
Published by Constable. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley. It covers the years 1877 to 1904. ISBN: 0094702209. Wrapper is edge-chipped with small chip/nick to base of spine, which is also faded.

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A GEOGRAPHY OF BLOOD UNEARTHING MEMORY FROM A PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE
Written by Candace Savage.
Stock no. 2117995
Published by Greystone Books. Circa 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 9781771003216. SIGNED by author to title page. A little wear to corners.

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A LINE IN THE SAND THE ALAMO IN BLOOD AND MEMORY
Written by Randy Roberts; James S. Olson.
Stock no. 2117816
Published by The Free Press. 1st USA 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

American edition. Cream boards, black spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0684835444. Bumping to base of spine. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a bit of fading to spine.

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HEADS OF AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORY (3 VOLUMES IN ONE)
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1606790
Published by John W. Parker And Son. 1853. Good condition.

3 volumes in one. Contains: Heads of an analysis of the history of Greece (1853); Heads of an analysis of Roman history (1854, second edition with additions and corrections); Heads of an analysis of English & of French History (1854, third edition with additions and corrections). Small format. Green leather spine with raised bands, gilt title 'Turner Analysis of History'. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Leather and marbled covering of boards is scuffed with some surface damage. Inscription to front endpaper. 'Notice' page at front of volume is partially detached. Inscriptions to rear endpaper and pastedown. Foxing to textblock and endpapers but contents are generally clean.

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SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU (JUNE - NOVEMBER 1950)
Written by Roy E. Appleman.
Stock no. 1606360
Published by Office Of The Chief Of Military History. 1975. Good condition.

United States Army in the Korean War. B/w photos and maps. Folding maps. Spine bumped and a little faded. Map 2 is MISSING from the collection of maps at rear. Pocket holding map at rear is torn. Foxing and browning to textblock. Last few pages are creased at edges. Contents generally clean and bright.

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KHAKI AND THE ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Written by Omar Khalidi.
Stock no. 1606319
Published by Three Essays Collective. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 126 pages. Army, police and paramilitary forces during communal riots. ISBN: 8188789097.

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YOUTH IN STEP HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CADET CORPS
Written by V. Longer.
Stock no. 1810408
Published by Lancer International. 1st 1983. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Formation of the National Cadet Corps was perhaps the finest event to happen to the student community of India. The story of the birth and development of the Corps in relation to the national mainstream. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Dustwrapper is damp marked affecting the rear board with mottling and dampstaining to rear pastedown and endpaper. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Text block marked. Dustwrapper is also price-cut and edge-worn.

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DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN BORDER
Written by Sukhwant Singh.
Stock no. 2115694
Published by Lancer Publishers & Distributors. 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

India's Wars Since Independence Series - Volume Two. ISBN: 1897829426. Spine is a bit 'wrinkled'. Couple of corners are bumped. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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SUBEDAR TO FIELD MARSHAL
Written by Partap Narain.
Stock no. 2115610
Published by Manas Publications. 1st INDIA 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is on Indianisation of the armed forces, the civil and police services. ISBN: 8170490723. Wrapper flaps are stuck to pastedowns (possibly when published). A few grubby marks and creasing to edges of wrapper.

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SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF GOLD
Written by William Martin Camp.
Stock no. 2115605
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1948. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Some foxing.

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MILITARISM IN INDIA THE ARMY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONSENSUS
Written by Apurba Kundu.
Stock no. 2115562
Published by Tauris Academic Studies. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles. ISBN: 1860643183. Light browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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JOURNEY THROUGH NEPAL
Written by Mohamed Amin; Duncan Willetts; Brian Tetley.
Stock no. 2115046
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0370310969. Some light fading to couple of cover edges. A little page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with a little fading to spine; edge-creasing with a couple of tiny nicks.

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