THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS: INSULAE INDIAE ORIENTALIS
Written by David E. Parry.
Stock no. 1826884
Published by Countrywide Editions Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A guide to the cartographic history and maps of Insulae Indiae Orientalis or the East Indian Islands as the area came to be known for over three hundred years: the world's largest archipelao and the home of the fabled spice islands of the Moluccas. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955170119. Some foxing to text block else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MONSOON TRADERS: THE MARITIME WORLD OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Written by H.V. Bowen; John McAleer; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1826746
Published by Scala Publishers. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The maritime story of the East India Company is one of wealth, power and the pursuit of fortune but is also a story of conflict, conquest and piracy on the high seas. This book explores the Company's origins and its early encounters with Asia, as well as its rise to wealth and trading pre-eminence. Cream paper boards, silver title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 9781857596755. Base of spine and top rear corner of boards bumped. Some grubby marks internally. Top corners of contents are creased as if dropped at some point. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF THE KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES AND EAST AFRICAN FORCES
Written by Malcolm Page.
Stock no. 1826611
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first complete history of the East African Forces. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850525381. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PICKETT'S CHARGE: THE LAST ATTACK AT GETTYSBURG
Written by Earl J. Hess.
Stock no. 1826455
Published by University Of North Carolina Press. Circa 2001. Very good condition.

Definitive history of the most famous military action of the American Civil War. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9780807871294. Covers lightly rubbed at corners. Text block just a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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ISLES OF GOLD: ANTIQUE MAPS OF JAPAN
Written by Hugh Cortazzi.
Stock no. 1826342
Published by John Weatherhill. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A selection of over 90 of the most attractive, remarkable, and historically significant European and Japanese maps of Japan. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour maps, some folding. ISBN: 0834801841. Foxing to text block, contents clean. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 1918-1956: AN EXPERIMENT IN LITERARY INVESTIGATION
Written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; Brian W. Aldiss.
Stock no. 1826285
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

The author's experiences in the Soviet Gulag system. Edited from the original three volume edition by Edward E. Ericson. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Whitney and Harry Willetts. Introduced by Aldiss. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Couple of tiny minor marks to rear last page but one. Else a lovely copy, appears unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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BEYOND THE PIR PANJAL
Written by Ernest F. Neve.
Stock no. 1825773
Published by Church Missionary Society. 1915. Good condition.

Popular Edition. Grey pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir. 2nd impression. Boards rubbed and a little marked, spine browned, lower rear corner of board creased. Text block browned. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Written by John Laband; Ian Knight.
Stock no. 1825552
Published by Bramley Books. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account exploring the war as it appeared to the professional and amateur war correspondents who covered it in extraordinary depth in both the British and Colonial press. Glazed pcitorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1858337321. Text block slightly grubby. Otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased at top of spine and rear panel, rear panel lightly scuffed.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1825209
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Cardcover corners lightly rubbed, tiny knock to vertical edge of rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1324892
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Contents clean.

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WAFFEN SS AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Adrian Gilbert.
Stock no. 1824612
Published by Guild Publishing. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The full story behind the creation and wartime activities of the Third Reich's most feared combat force, from its debut in the campaign against Poland in 1939 to the final battles in the ruins of Berlin. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. A few minor marks to boards. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and scored to rear panel.

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U.S.A. THE STORY OF AMERICA
Written by Hazel H. Hallinan. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323951
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 23. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed/lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Front cover is detached and slightly edge chipped. Covers lightly foxed. Light page browning else contents clean.

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