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TIN-POTS AND PIRATE SHIPS: CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES AND GERMAN SEA RAIDERS 1880-1918
Written by Michael L. Hadley; Roger Sarty.
Stock no. 1818370
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors shed new light on Canadian and German history - and on Canada's naval defences in particular - by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0773507787. Boards lightly bowed. A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims and text block. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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BARREN VICTORIES: VERSAILLES TO SUEZ THE FAILURE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE 1918-1956
Written by Basil Collier.
Stock no. 1818267
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A concise, engrossing, and comprehensive re-capitulation of modern history, together with the author's own outspoken appraisal of the deplorably divergent courses of the Western democracies. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Neat name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING
Written by Anthony Huxley.
Stock no. 1818233
Published by Paddington Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709203225. Light discolouration of green boards across edges. Text block a little grubby and browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few closed edge tears (no loss), creasing across top edge and faded to spine.

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WARMAN'S JEWELRY
Written by Christie Romero.
Stock no. 1318066
Published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

An indepth look at jewelry. More than 300 black and white photographs. Historical information, hallmarks, manufacturers' marks, references, 16 colour photos and a time line chronicling the history of jewelry. Cardwraps. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0870696963. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few light scuff marks to textblock.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1977 TO 1987
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317992
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume 3 in the series. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 190370636X. Spine and corners bumped. Small, light damp stain to lower inner margins of endpapers. Light fingermarks to rear free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is also lightly damp stained at lower edges (visible only on verso) and slightly edge rubbed. Small tears at lower folds tape repaired on verso.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1997 TO 2004
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317991
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 5 in the series. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1904788424. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY
Written by Barry Cunliffe; Robert Bartlett; et al.
Stock no. 1817863
Published by Penguin. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

From Earliest Times to the Present Day. Black pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0140295186.

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THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 100 OBJECTS
Written by Gary Sheffield.
Stock no. 2131034
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White pictorial covers. B/w photos. Colour photos. The Story of the Great War Told Through the Objects That Shaped It. ISBN: 9781780973968. Bumping to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners.

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THE CITY AND COUNTRY PURCHASER'S AND BUILDER'S DICTIONARY: OR THE COMPLETE BUILDER'S GUIDE...
Written by Richard Neve.
Stock no. 2130899
Published by Ecco. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. PRINT ON DEMAND edition. Follows The third edition, corrected and improved throughout. Cover edges are creased.

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THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF FLIGHT
Written by Walter J. Boyne.
Stock no. 2129141
Published by Smithsonian Books; Orion Books. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue leatherette spine, gilt title. White cloth with small onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0895990202.

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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Written by Walter Mattli; Thomas Dietz.
Stock no. 2128931
Published by Oxford University Press. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Contending Theories and Evidence. ISBN: 9780198716723. 3rd printing.

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 1888-1988
Written by Willbur E. Garrett.
Stock no. 1816940
Published by National Geographic Society. 1989. Fine condition.

One Hundred Years of the National Geographic magazine. Brown leather spine with gilt title, black cloth boards with gilt vignette to front. Marbled endpapers. Colour & b/w photos throughout. 1215 pages. All edges gilt. Also includes Maps of the United States and the World in slipcase with booklet. Second printing. Contained in publisher's slipcase. Map supplement also present.

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