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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LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Written by George Catlin; Peter Matthiessen; C.J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1826089
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

"Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America". Introduced by Matthiessen, edited and abridged by Shepherd. Pale peach cloth. Colour photos throughout. 470 pages. Scuff mark to half-title page else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase with a few minor scuffs.

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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 DURBAR
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1825639
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Good condition.

White cloth with orange and blue decorations to spine and front cover. Gilt titles also to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 100 colour plates. A. & C. Black Colour Book. De Luxe limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, signed by the artist. xii and 210 numbered pages. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 613 (of 1,000). Boards unevenly heavily browned and stained, scuffed to rear board. Fraying to cloth at base of spine. Joints cracked. Binding is still tight. All plates present and clean. A few pale foxspots and margin marks to contents.

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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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A HISTORY OF LATVIA
Written by Alfred Bilmanis.
Stock no. 1323862
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with darker blue title block with silver title to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page browning. Wrapper has top corner cut off front flap; some marks; other tears and chips; loss to top edge of front panel.

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KINSALE: THE SPANISH INTERVENTION IN IRELAND AT THE END OF THE ELIZABETHAN WARS
Written by John J. Silke.
Stock no. 2140641
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Four Courts History Classics. ISBN: 1851825517. Foxing to outer page edges, prelims and last few pages.

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