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GEOLOGY AND WARFARE: EXAMPLES OF THE INFLUENCE OF TERRAIN AND GEOLOGISTS ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
Written by Edward P.F. Rose; C. Paul Nathanail.
Stock no. 1827824
Published by The Geological Society. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Edited by Rose and Nathanail. Bringing together military applications of geology across a broad time frame and multi-national boundaries. While this work demonstrates the geological constraints on best use of ground for military purposes from a historical perspective, the principles are just as applicable today. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1862390657. Spine faded else nice, clean copy.

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INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTORS
Written by Luc Reydams; Jan Wouters; Cedric Ryngaert.
Stock no. 1327558
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

First book to analyse the crucial role played by the prosecution in international criminal trials. Glazed pictorial boards. 968 pages. ISBN: 9780199554294. Spine and corners bumped, contents fine (look unread).

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PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN WAR
Written by Miriam Bradley.
Stock no. 1327557
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The ICRC, UNHCR, and their limitations in internal armed conflicts. This is a physical POD book. Glazed pictorial boards. 221 pages. ISBN: 9780198716389. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed else a fine copy.

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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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HISTORY OF THE MACGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDALS 1889-1989
Written by Robert Hamond.
Stock no. 1327462
Published by Spantech & Lancer. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. 65 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1897829078. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Corners worn. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.

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KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FIVE EAST DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827722
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England; Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 25 parishes in the eastern part of Dorset. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour tipped-in frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 0117007218. A few minor marks to cloth boards. Else a lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FOUR NORTH DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827721
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 34 parishes in the northern part of Dorset. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 011700460X. A lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to top of spine.

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