CRUSADER CASTLES
Written by T.E. Lawrence; Michael Haag.
Stock no. 1827976
Published by Immel Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

During the summer of his twenty-first birthday, Lawrence of Arabia walked 1100 miles through Palestine and Syria, visiting every Crusader castle there of imprortance. Preface by Michael Haag. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 090715168X. Horizontal edges of boards lightly browned. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned and a little grubby. Small address label to front pastedown. Compliment slip from the National Army Museum, Chelsea glued in to front endpaper with gift inscription. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and edge-worn.

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CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1827947
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed to one side.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF TIME
Written by Leofranc Holford-Strevens.
Stock no. 1827923
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Light blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Simon Goldhill; et al.
Stock no. 1827885
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Beige pictorial cloth, brown title to spine. Colour photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed at ends and has a light mark to plain side (minor).

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THE MYCENAEANS AND THE DECIPHERMENT OF LINEAR B
Written by William Taylour; John Chadwick; J. Lesley Fitton.
Stock no. 1827868
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by J. Lesley Fitton. Brown cloth with blocked gilt design and title to spine. Maps to endpapers. xxiii and 378 pages including index. Colour plates and b/w maps. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827867
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

New foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue paper boards with blocked design. Colour & b/w illustrations. xvii and 302 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and a little marked (VG).

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MECHANICAL TOYS: HOW OLD TOYS WORK
Written by Athelstan Spilhaus; Kathleen Spilhaus.
Stock no. 1827855
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed and lavishly illustrated guide to the development of the mechanical toy of which the authors are owners of more than three thousand mechanical and antique toys. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709038577. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a small edge-tear (no loss) to top of spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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KARS: VICTORY INTO DEFEAT
Written by Anthony J. Rundell.
Stock no. 1827835
Published by Impress. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. SIGNED by the author 'to mark the 150th anniversary of the capitulation of Kars'. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.

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PERSONAL DISTINCTIONS: 350 YEARS OF ROYAL MARINES UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA
Written by John Rawlinson.
Stock no. 1827809
Published by Royal Marines Historical Society. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication No. 41. A comprehensive catalogue of uniforms and insignia worn by Marines and Royal Marines since 1664 to the present day. Over 1000 high quality photographs and clear descriptions. ISBN: 9781908123091. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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HIDDEN HANDS: THE LIVES OF MANUSCRIPTS AND THEIR MAKERS
Written by Mary Wellesley.
Stock no. 1827775
Published by Riverrun. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Manuscripts are not only the stuff of history and literature, but they offer some of the only tangible evidence we have of entire lives, long receded. Without manuscripts, many historical figures would be lost to us, as well as those of lower social status, women and people of colour, their stories erased and the remnants of their labours destroyed. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781529400939. 3rd printing. A very nice copy.

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THE HISTORY OF J. & H. MCLAREN OF LEEDS: STEAM & DIESEL ENGINE MAKERS
Written by Eur Ing John Pease.
Stock no. 1327364
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Landmark Collector's Library Series. Glazed pictorial boards. Larger format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1843061058. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat inscription in gold ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine.

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