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NAPOLEON'S CAVALRY AND ITS LEADERS
Written by David Johnson.
Stock no. 1820635
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating account of the most remarkable cavalry force in history, illuminating the characters of its soldiers, their leaders, the reasons for its triumphs, and the facts of its destruction. Dark plum boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713411805. Text block browned. Previous owner's faint address ink stamped to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has been covered with clear laminate which has creased to front panel. Cigarette odour present.

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WITH EAGLES TO GLORY: NAPOLEON AND HIS GERMAN ALLIES IN THE 1809 CAMPGAIGN
Written by John H. Gill.
Stock no. 1820633
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive study of this year of glory for the German soldiers fighting for Napoleon. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. ISBN: 1853671304. Browning to text block. Cigarette odour present.

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DEMANDING WORK - THE PARADOX OF JOB QUALITY IN THE AFFLUENT ECONOMY
Written by Francis Green.
Stock no. 1319662
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 2007. Good condition.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Demanding Work shows how aspects of job quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. Cardwraps. 225 pages. ISBN: 9780691134413. Second printing, first paperback edition. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels. Covers have been covered with laminate.

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THE EAGLE'S LAST TRIUMPH: NAPOLEON'S VICTORY AT LIGNY, JUNE 1815
Written by Andrew Uffindell.
Stock no. 1820556
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Napoleon's last victory. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 1853671827. Cigarette odour present.

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HEROIC FLIGHTS
Written by John Frayn Turner.
Stock no. 2134091
Published by Leo Cooper; Pen & Sword Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The First 100 Years of Aviation. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850529700. Wrapper spine is faded.

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JIPPING STREET: CHILDHOOD IN A LONDON SLUM
Written by Kathleen Woodward. Illustrated by Leon Underwood.
Stock no. 2134066
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st USA 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine and corners; paper covered boards. Tipped-in frontis by Underwood. American edition. Paper title label to spine is starting to unstick. Browning. Bookplate to front pastedown. Wrapper is torn and chipped with some pieces of loss; browned with some foxing.

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BEYOND THE MOTHER COUNTRY: WEST INDIANS AND THE NOTTING HILL WHITE RIOTS
Written by Edward Pilkington.
Stock no. 2134064
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. This book examines an important missing chapter in the history of post-war Britain. ISBN: 1850431132. Page browning. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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TO THE GATES OF RICHMOND: THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
Written by Stephen W. Sears.
Stock no. 1820521
Published by Ticknor & Fields. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

The Peninsula campaign of 1862 was the largest campaign of the Civil War and also one of the bloodiest. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0395701015. Small grubby mark from label to rear cover. A few light creases present. Text block a little grubby. Cigarette odour present.

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NAPOLEON AND BERLIN: THE NAPOLEONIC WARS IN PRUSSIA 1813
Written by Michael V. Leggiere.
Stock no. 1820519
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was obsessed with capturing Berlin - this book explores this doomed campaign which ultimately derailed his plans for the domination of Europe and lost him the Napoleonic Wars. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 0752423339. Browning to contents. Cigarette odour present.

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SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 1820512
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recounting the courage of soldiers, sailors and airmen, the courage of partisans and resistance fighters, and the courage of those who, starving, tormented and without strength or weapons, were murdered far from the battlefields isolated and alone. Black cloth boards, orange title label to spine with silver title. Orange endpapers. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 029779616X. Small pinhole to dustwrapper spine and corresponding hole to board spine. Text block a little grubby. Dustwrapper spine is faded, rear panel of dustwrapper is scuffed.

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HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AVIATION: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by David Wragg.
Stock no. 1820504
Published by The History Press. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A definitive reference work on the history of aviation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780750945271. Light fading to rear spine edge of dustwrapper.

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BABYLON THE GREAT: A DISSECTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF MEN AND THINGS IN THE BRITISH CAPITAL (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert Mudie.
Stock no. 1820501
Published by Charles Knight. 1st 1825. Good condition.

A book about London, 'in its confusion of tongues, of people, and of employments, it is Babylon; and in all its attributes it is "Babylon the Great."' A two volume set. Leather spine and corners, marbled paper boards. Raised bands and gilt title label to spines. Boards scuffed and worn at edges. Volume II is cracked to outside front spine edge with slight loss of leather to top. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpapers. Volume II has insect damage to gutter edge of prelims. Scattered foxing and age marks throughout.

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