THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

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RACE RELATIONS IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327779
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 136 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat writing to rear free-endpaper (list of further titles to read). Dustwrapper is damp stained to edges of front panel.

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THE GENTLEMAN GYPSY
Written by Gordon Stables.
Stock no. 1327776
Published by The Kylin Press. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A republication of the author's 1300 mile journey in 1885 in the 2-ton "Land Yacht Wanderer". Limited edition of 500 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Author of many children's books, little did he think he would become the father of modern caravanning and first vice-president of the Caravan Club when formed in 1907. ISBN: 0907128157. This is copy no. 404. Spine and corners bumped. Inludes a small erratum slip stating "first published in leisure hour in 1885 and 1886". Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH STUART, QUEEN OF BOHEMIA VOLUME II 1632-1642
Written by Elizabeth Stuart; Nadine Akkerman.
Stock no. 1828096
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume II only (of 3 volumes). This book covers Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment. Edited by Nadine Akkerman. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780199551088. Shelf-wear to top of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy. Cream dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge.

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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 MAKING OF GRANTHAM: THE MEDIEVAL TOWN
Written by David Start; David Stocker.
Stock no. 1828079
Published by Heritage Trust Of Lincolnshire. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of papers including those presented at a conference on medieval Grantham held on 21 April 2009. Edited by David Start and David Stocker. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, diagrams and illustrations. ISBN: 9780948639593. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.

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NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).

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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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THE GREAT WAR OF 189-: A FORECAST
Written by P. Colomb; Archibald Forbes; Charles Lowe; Christie Murray; F. Scudamore; J.F. Maurice; F.N. Maude. Illustrated by F. Villiers.
Stock no. 1828050
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1895. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. This work originally appeared in the pages of Black and White, the work being the outcome of consultations between some of the most eminent authorities upon modern warfare and international politics. The story has been carefully revised and reprinted. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black & brown title to front. Lower and vertical text block untrimmed. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. Spine browned and lightly worn at top & tail. Damp stain to rear board. Cloth worn to vertical edge of boards, possible nibbled at. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing present.

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SHADOWS IN THE DESERT: ANCIENT PERSIA AT WAR
Written by Kaveh Farrokh.
Stock no. 1828036
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of Persia's wars with East and West from the 6th century BC, and an insight into the exchange of ideas and culture that occurred during these clashes in military technology, the arts, medicine, religion and science. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846031083. A lovely copy.

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