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YOUTH IN STEP HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CADET CORPS
Written by V. Longer.
Stock no. 1810408
Published by Lancer International. 1st 1983. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Formation of the National Cadet Corps was perhaps the finest event to happen to the student community of India. The story of the birth and development of the Corps in relation to the national mainstream. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Dustwrapper is damp marked affecting the rear board with mottling and dampstaining to rear pastedown and endpaper. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Text block marked. Dustwrapper is also price-cut and edge-worn.

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DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN BORDER
Written by Sukhwant Singh.
Stock no. 2115694
Published by Lancer Publishers & Distributors. 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

India's Wars Since Independence Series - Volume Two. ISBN: 1897829426. Spine is a bit 'wrinkled'. Couple of corners are bumped. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS 1919 TO 1945
Written by Ronald McNicoll.
Stock no. 2115651
Published by The Corps Committee Of The Royal Australian Engineers. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Teeth & Tail. The Third volume of the history of the Royal Australian Engineers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0959687130. Dusty/slight damp mark along top edges of covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and some browning.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 0827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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SWANBROOKE DOWN A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Rosamond Richardson. Illustrated by Peter Firmin.
Stock no. 1810335
Published by Scribners. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An intriguing and poignant study of village life and the way it has changed through the twentieth century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356190706. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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SUBEDAR TO FIELD MARSHAL
Written by Partap Narain.
Stock no. 2115610
Published by Manas Publications. 1st INDIA 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is on Indianisation of the armed forces, the civil and police services. ISBN: 8170490723. Wrapper flaps are stuck to pastedowns (possibly when published). A few grubby marks and creasing to edges of wrapper.

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SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF GOLD
Written by William Martin Camp.
Stock no. 2115605
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1948. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Some foxing.

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DIE DEUTSCHEN SEGELSCHULSCHIFFE
Written by Gerhard Koop.
Stock no. 1810221
Published by Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'The German Sail Training Ships'. Text in German. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 3763758607. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded at spine and has a closed tear to top rear edge (no loss).

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MILITARISM IN INDIA THE ARMY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONSENSUS
Written by Apurba Kundu.
Stock no. 2115562
Published by Tauris Academic Studies. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles. ISBN: 1860643183. Light browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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ROYAL AIR OBSERVATION POST AUSTER ERA 1936-56
Written by Aamir Mushtaq Cheema.
Stock no. 2115546
Published by Verve Communication. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Evolution & Campaigns. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9789699246012. Bumping to a couple of corners. Some pages are lightly creased. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CANAL CRAFT
Written by Peter L. Smith.
Stock no. 2115509
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0713416378. Light bumping to spine. Wrapper spine is faded; edge-creasing.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 14
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2115502
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807687. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light browning.

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