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ROMAN ARMY WARS OF THE EMPIRE
Written by Graham Sumner.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1816015
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532120. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ROMAN
- UNIFORMS
- ARMY
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- MILITARY
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY
Written by Robin Smith.
Illustrated by Chris Collingwood.
Stock no. 1816014
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1996.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms series. The definitive guide to all uniforms worn by the Union Army of the Civil War period from 1861 - 1865. Large format. B/w photos. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1857531744.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- UNIFORMS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- USA
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
THE QUEST FOR ROBIN HOOD
Written by Jim Lees; Keith Mellor.
Stock no. 2125077
Published by Temple Nostalgia.
1987.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green leathertte covers. Subscribers' Limited edition. Bw illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1870010027. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROBIN HOOD
- LEGENDS
- LIMITED EDITION
THE BRITISH FIGHTER SINCE 1912 SIXTY YEARS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1610387
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd..
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0370100492. Small sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded at spine, edge rubbed, and browned to rear panel.
FIRST BLITZ
Written by Neil Hanson.
Stock no. 2124824
Published by Doubleday.
Circa
2008.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Secret German Plan to Raze London to the Ground in 1918. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780385611701. SIGNED by author to title page. 2nd printing. Covers have wrinkling. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with bookshop sticker to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
1922 LITERATURE, CULTURE, POLITICS
Written by Jean-Michel Rabate.
Stock no. 2124823
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book examines key aspects of culture and history in 1922, a year made famous by the publication of several modernist masterpieces, such as T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and James Joyce's Ulysses. ISBN: 9781107040540. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears to top edge of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- LITERATURE
- POLITICS
- ART
THE FEW SUMMER 1940, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Philip Kaplan; Richard Collier.
Stock no. 1610282
Published by Greenwich Editions.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Glazed illustrated boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862880831. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Rear panel of wrapper has some creasing.
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
Written by Michael Donnet.
Stock no. 1610266
Published by Wingham Press.
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A vivid history of World war II aviation by an outstanding pilot who lived through it all. ISBN: 1873454074. Top of spine bumped. Remains of price sticker to front wrapper flap.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
OPERATION BOLERO
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2124821
Published by Crecy Books.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Americans in Bristol and the West Country 1942-45. ISBN: 0947554513. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BRISTOL
GENTLEMEN AND POACHERS: THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS 1671-1831
Written by P.B. Munsche.
Stock no. 1815869
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book touches on many subjects including man traps, transportation to Australia, the Industrial Revolution and fox-hunting, to name but a few, it is essentially about values: how the gentry tried to impose theirs on England and how these, in turn, were undermined by new values, more compatible with the emerging capitalism of the nineteenth century. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0521232848. Top of spine bumped. Upside down 'J' rubber ink stamp in blue to title page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned, has a small chip (with loss) to top of rear panel spine edge, and is fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- POACHING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124663
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. A few indentation marks to covers, where book has been used to lean on while writing. Contents are excellent.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- WYE VALLEY
THE WESTMINSTER POLL BOOK 1774
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124661
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
Nearly fine condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks. A list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668055. Name and address label stuck to inside front cover.