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THE SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK
Written by Stephen R. Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828139
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work of reference on samurai history and culture. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854093711. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded else a lovely copy.

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WILFRID FREEMAN
Written by Anthony Furse.
Stock no. 1327810
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The genius behind Allied survival and air supremacy 1939 to 1945. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862270791. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).

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FOR THE KING'S SERVICE RAILWAY SHIPS AT WAR
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327798
Published by Pendragon Publishing. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before. Railway ships took part in many battle, one in three of them failed to return. This book tells their story. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9781899816163. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828109
Published by Caxton Editions. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1840675292. Minor mark to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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FRENCH DESTROYERS: TORPILLEURS D'ESCADRE & CONTRE-TORPILLEURS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Jean Moulin.
Stock no. 1828104
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between the wars, the French produced some of the larges and fastest destroyers in the world. This volume blends technical and historical analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848321984. Corners lightly rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan; Philippe Caresse.
Stock no. 1828103
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book has as its subject the French armoured cruisers built from the late 1880s until shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, beginning with the revolutionary Dupuy-de-Lome, the world's first modern armoured cruiser, and ending with the impressive six-funnelled Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. The primary focus is on the tgechnical characterstics of the ships. Large format. Blue boarfds, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781526741189. Light rubbing to corners else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright.

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1828099
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. 444 pages including index and appendices. A detailed account of the design, construction and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. 121 cruisers are described with over 60 sets of detailed plans. ISBN: 0853683042. Board edges lightly rubbed. Contents have been bound a little too low in the boards so the lower text block edge is level with the lower board. Text block browned. Name & number in red ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, faded to spine, lightly edge-worn.

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LORDS OF THE LAKE: THE NAVAL WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1814
Written by Robert Malcolmson.
Stock no. 1828089
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Naval War Between the United States and the British Provinces in Canada 1812-1814. Yellow cloth boards, navy title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx + 411 pages. ISBN: 1861761120. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ARMY, JAMES II, AND THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
Written by John Childs.
Stock no. 1828074
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. ISBN: 0719006880. Minor tape marks to boards. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded.

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TAIL OF AN ARMY
Written by J.K. Stanford.
Stock no. 1828067
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Phoenix House. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography, reaching back into the inter-war period when the author was in the Burmese administration after years as a regimental officer in the 1914-1918 war. The Second World War found him in the National Defence Company of the Berkshire Regiment whence he moved into the non-technical hierarchy of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Lower front corner lightly bumped. Text block browned and has a few foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and grubby.

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