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THE REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR BETTERING THE CONDITION AND INCREASING THE COMFORTS OF THE POOR (2 VOLS)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826851
Published by Printed For The Society By W. Bulmer And Co.. 1805. Very good condition.

Four volumes in two i.e. Vol I & II and Vol III & V. Cloth spine with white title, leather boards. List of Subscribers and Lady Subscribers to rear of volume IV. Volume I Third Edition 1802; Volume II 1799; Volume III 1801 and Volume IV 1804 and also 1805. Rebacked with blue cloth spine. Original leather boards are scuffed and worn at corners. New marbled endpapers. Some foxing present. Contained in expertly made matching slipcases.

THE SOMERSET SEQUENCE
Written by Horatia Durant; Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1826795
Published by Hughes & Son. 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a great family of councillors, governors, sportsmen and soldiers. Introduction by Sitwell. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Second impression. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded and edge-rubbed. Musty odour present.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW ORDER: SPECIAL ISSUE - WALLONIA (PART I)
Written by Gregory Bouysse.
Stock no. 1826170
Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Contains a biography of 212 officers (Standarten-OberJunker included) who served in the Legion Wallonie between 1941 and 1945. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w portraits. ISBN: 9780244450595. Tiny stain to lower edge of text block else a clean copy. A physical print-on-demand copy printed by Amazon.

ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME 2
Written by Norman L.R. Franks.
Stock no. 1825979
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1857800753. Very light foxing to text block. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

WESTMORLAND HEARTH TAX MICHAELMAS 1670 & SURVEYS 1674-5
Written by Colin Phillips; Catherine Ferguson; Andrew Wareham.
Stock no. 1825376
Published by The British Record Society. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The sixth in the series of Hearth Tax volumes to be produced by the British Academy Hearth Tax Research Project and the British Record Society, in association with county record societies where possible. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781873124468. A nice copy.

THE RISE AND ASCENT OF "NUMBER TWO PLATOON"
Written by Harold Jager.
Stock no. 1824404
Published by Daily Post. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

"A" Company, 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Home Guard). Cloth spine, red paper boards with title to front board. B/w photos. 52 pages including names and addresses. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. Boards unevenly faded. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. Biro 'x's to list at end.

"INVICTA" WITH THE FIRST BATTALION THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by C.V. Molony.
Stock no. 1824297
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Compiled from the war diary and accounts of eye-witnesses, by Major C.V. Molony, a former Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and is intended to chronicle as much detail as possble of the 1st Battalion during the war of 1914-1918. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustratons and maps. Folding colour map of Western Front to rear. Boards scuffed and a little faded. Endpapers browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE BUFFS EAST KENT REGIMENT (3RD FOOT) 1914-1919
Written by R.S.H. Moody.
Stock no. 1824283
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Formerly Designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Blue cloth boards. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. Top edge blue. 2 colour plates, 12 b/w plates, maps. A few minor marks and scuffs to boards. Top edge of text block is rubbed. Contents clean.

THE HISTORY OF THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 1914-1918 IN TWO VOLUMES (VOLUME II ONLY)
Written by J.C. Latter.
Stock no. 1824276
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Volume II ONLY of a two volume set. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt tile to spine and gilt vignette of regimental flag to front. Includes Honours and Awards; The Commanding Officers of the Battalions; Battalion Signs; Calendar of Moves; Summary of Officers and other Ranks killed and Died of Wounds or Disease; The Commemoration fo the Fallen and the Care of the Survivors and of the Dependants. Water staining mainly affecting lower edge of boards. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

A NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND IX: MAPS, GENEALOGIES, LISTS
Written by T.W. Moody; F.X. Martin; F.J. Byrne.
Stock no. 2140542
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Companion to Irish History Part II. Black cloth with gilt title to spine. 674 pages. ISBN: 0198217455. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and nicks, but minimal loss.

A CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE FLYING CORPS
Written by Ian McInnes; J.V. Webb.
Stock no. 2139994
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive roll of those Warrant Officers, N.C.O.'s and Airmen who served in the Royal Flying Corps prior to the outbreak of the first world war. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948130989. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

IN CLOUDS OF GLORY: AMERICAN AIRMEN WHO FLEW WITH THE BRITISH DURING THE GREAT WAR
Written by James J. Hudson.
Stock no. 1823825
Published by The University Of Arkansas Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

A study of American air aces who flew only with the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and the Royal Air Force during World War I. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and folding map. Lengthy appendix of name, rank, date of service, as well as casualties. ISBN: 1557281246. Corners lightly rubbed. Old price label inside front cover. Text block lightly browned. Appendix of service has been ticked in pencil against many names and also annotations to same.