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NAPOLEON'S MERCENARIES
Written by Guy C. Dempsey.
Stock no. 2132898
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire 1799 to 1814. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1853674885. Small white name label stuck to front pastedown.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- UNIFORMS
- NAPOLEON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- ARMY
FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2132887
Published by Wharncliffe Books.
2008.
Very good condition.
Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596. A few margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY
LOST VOICES FROM THE TITANIC THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY
Written by Nick Barratt.
Stock no. 2132881
Published by Preface.
1st
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the world's most infamous ship told in the words of those who designed her, built her, sailed her and survived her. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848091498. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND 1826 AND 1827
Written by C. Von Oeynhausen; H. Von Dechen; E.A. Forward.
Stock no. 1819244
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1971.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Concerning Railways in England: Observations Collected During the Years 1826 and 1827 translated from the German text by Forward. Published for the Newcomen Society. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852700482.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 2132802
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd..
1st
1933.
Almost very good condition.
The romance and chronology of the opium trade, the opium war and the beautiful little ships that were the first trading craft with clipper lines. Blue cloth with gilt chinese characters on front cover, silver titles. B/w photos, illustrations and plans. Endpapers are maps. 392 pages includes index. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine darkened with slight loss of gilt to titles. Cover edges darkened. Pages lightly browned else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ASIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- TALL SHIPS
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES OF BRITAIN: WALES
Written by Roly Smith.
Stock no. 1819189
Published by Frith Book Company.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
B/w photographs from the Francis Smith collection of mid-Victorian times. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1859377726. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1819178
Published by Wharncliffe Books.
1st
2005.
Fine condition.
Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY
SHORT STORIES FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY - SWEDEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318790
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1851.
Almost very good condition.
Small fromat. Embossed grey cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 198 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.
DENE FOREST SKETCHES
Written by S.M. Crawley Boevey.
Illustrated by F.H. Crawley Boevey.
Stock no. 1318780
Published by John And Robert Maxwell.
1st
1888.
Almost very good condition.
Historical and Biographical. Founded on Family Records and Manuscripts Preserved at Flaxley Abbey. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some fraying of cloth to spine edges. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Tissue-guard from frontis removed. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FOREST OF DEAN
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL VOLUME V 1922-1939
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 2132687
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0434130117. Two pages are loose. Wrapper is faded to spine, creased and crest to front has faded.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA
Written by John Sweetman.
Stock no. 2132652
Published by Arms & Armour Press.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. Biography of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan. ISBN: 1854090593. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
SOMERSET 1625-1640
Written by Thomas Garden Barnes.
Stock no. 2132615
Published by Harvard University Press.
1st USA
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A County's Government During the "Personal Rule". Dark beige cloth with black title to spine. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- SOMERSET
- POLITICS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)