AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAVALRY
Written by Michael Blake.
Stock no. 1828720
Published by Almark Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A concise and detailed guide to the cavalry troops of both sides, covering organisation, uniforms, equipment and insignia. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0855240989. Boards a little marked and faintly stained. Text block browned. Endpapers grubby. Page edges lightly browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is very grubby, browned, stained, repaired to top and tail of spine with clear tape. Musty odour present.

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THE SILK ROAD: ART AND HISTORY
Written by Jonathan Tucker.
Stock no. 1828666
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the cultural heritage of the countries along the Silk Road, this book is a detailed, lavishly illustrated exploration of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0856675466. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine.

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MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.

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ABU DHABI OIL AND BEYOND
Written by Christopher M. Davidson.
Stock no. 1328423
Published by Columbia University Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracking Abu Dhabi's remarkable growth from a modest, 18th century sheikdohm to its present opulent state. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 244 pages. ISBN: 9780231701068. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to lower edge of front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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WAR IN SHANGRI-LA: A MEMOIR OF CIVIL WAR IN LAOS
Written by Mervyn Brown.
Stock no. 1828448
Published by The Radcliffe Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mervyn Brown and his time as deputy to the British Ambassador in the 1960s. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1860647359. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has slight surface paper loss at top of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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SCYTHIANS: WARRIORS OF ANCIENT SIBERIA (THE BP EXHIBITION)
Written by St John Simpson; Svetlana Pankova.
Stock no. 1828329
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book accompanies the BP exhibition Scythians: Warrors of Ancient Siberia at the British Museum from 14 September 2017 to 14 January 2018. Edited by Simpson & Pankova. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780500293645. Rear cover heavily scuffed. Date written in ink to top corner of half-title page and has imprinted on the following title page. Otherwise, contents clean.

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THE STORY OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE
Written by Philip Sherlock; Hazel Bennett.
Stock no. 1828271
Published by Ian Randle Publishing. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A general history of Jamaica. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 424 pages. ISBN: 9768100303. Text block very slightly grubby. Very slight bowing to front cover. Contents clean.

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SAMURAI INVASION: JAPAN'S KOREAN WAR 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828140
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A lively account of the two sixteenth-century Japanese invasions of Korea, untold before in such detail, and a vital period in the history of samurai culture. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0304359483. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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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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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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A HISTORY OF BARBADOS
Written by Ronald Tree; E.L. Cozier.
Stock no. 1327707
Published by Granada. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and updated by Crozier. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 116 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0246110368. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso.

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