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TWELVE CAESARS: IMAGES OF POWER FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO THE MODERN
Written by Mary Beard.
Stock no. 2138834
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780691222363.

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THE LAST EMPEROR OF MEXICO: A DISASTER IN THE NEW WORLD
Written by Edward Shawcross.
Stock no. 2138832
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with dark orange to title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780571360574. Pale page edge browning.

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THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW: T.F. WILSON'S MEMOIR OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857
Written by T.F. Wilson; Saul David.
Stock no. 2138559
Published by Greenhill Books. 2007. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Introduction by David. ISBN: 9781853677236. Wrapper has been stuck to book on edges with sticky tape.

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THE STORY OF THE ZULU CAMPAIGN
Written by Waller Ashe; E.V. Wyatt-Edgell.
Stock no. 2138556
Published by N. & S. Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ango-Zulu War Series. Introduction by John Laband. Brown covers with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0620142502. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE INDIAN MUTINY
Written by Julian Spilsbury.
Stock no. 2138541
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Indian Mutiny, this is an epic story that recreates the shocking events of the summer of 1857, when thousands of formerly obedient and disciplined Indian soldiers turned on their officers, slaughtering men, women and children in a merciless bloodbath. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Photogaphic endpapers. Colour plates. 9 b/w maps plus 373 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297846512. Light bumping to spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW: A TALE OF TWO SIEGES
Written by D.S. Richards.
Stock no. 2138540
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1844155161.

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THE BATTLE
Written by Alessandro Barbero.
Stock no. 2138538
Published by Atlantic Books. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new history of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843543095. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge creased and browned to spine.

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FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY
Written by Rodney Ashwood.
Stock no. 2138406
Published by Serendipity. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Zulu war diary of Lieutenant Wilfred Heaton 24th Regiment of Foot 1879. B/w maps. ISBN: 1843941635. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper spine is faded.

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THE OREGON TRAIL: SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE
Written by Francis Parkman; Martin Ridge. Illustrated by Peter Pendrey.
Stock no. 2138346
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition.

Introduction by Martin Ridge. Brown cloth spine. Gilt Indian motif to spine. Abstract pattern boards. Spine is faded. Page browning. Slip case is very good - fading to edges; some marks and scuffs.

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LAHORE TO LUCKNOW: THE INDIAN MUTINY JOURNAL OF ARTHUR MOFFATT LANG
Written by Arthur Moffatt Lang; David Blomfield; Christopher Hibbert. Illustrated by Julian Mann.
Stock no. 2138328
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Edited by Blomfield. Introduction by Hibbert. ISBN: 085052203X. Some foxing and browning throughout. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks.

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THE CURLING LETTERS OF THE ZULU WAR
Written by Brian Best; Adrian Greaves.
Stock no. 2138135
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'There Was an Awful Slaughter'. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850528496. Light foxing/browning to outer page edges and a few to endpapers. Wrapper has creased front flap.

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ZULU FRONTIERSMAN
Written by C.G. Dennison; Ron Lock; Peter Quantrill.
Stock no. 2138132
Published by Frontline Books. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1904 in abridged form, this is the author's riveting memoirs that have been reworked by Lock and Quantrill. This new edition reinstates many details missing from the previous account, including his life growing up on the frontier; the early wars in southern Africa and crucially, his experiences during the Anglo-Zulu wars. ISBN: 9781848325180.

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