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A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co.. 1923. Very good condition.

And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Bianca Maria Alfieri.
Stock no. 1820096
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of Islamic architecture in India from its beginnings in the thirteenth century until its decline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Encompassing the whole sub-continent to cover Pakistan and Bangladesh. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1856691896. Slight fading to top edge of front endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE ART OF THE TOY SOLDIER: TWO CENTURIES OF METAL TOY SOLDIERS 1770-1970
Written by Henry I. Kurtz; Burtt R. Ehrlich; Roy Selwyn-Smith.
Stock no. 2133485
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red cloth, gilt title. Colour photography throughout by Serge Nivelle. Based primarily on the Collection of Burtt R. Ehrlich. ISBN: 090456844X. Light bumping along cover edges.

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SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY 1775 - 1954
Written by Frederick P. Todd; Fritz Kredel. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.
Stock no. 2133478
Published by Henry Regnery Company. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Revised edition. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning. Wrapper has been covered with clear film, which has been taped onto edges.

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SIR SAMUEL MORLAND
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1319272
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Diplomat and Inventor 1625-1695. Green cloth. 9 x 7". xvi + 133pp. 12 b/w plates. The life and inventions of a public servant in England. ISBN: 085270061X.

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BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD (THE YOUNG ENGLAND LIBRARY)
Written by Herbert Maxwell.
Stock no. 1820018
Published by George Allen. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles, gilt design to spine, black blocked design to front board. Green pictorial endpapers show young man reading and fishing under a tree. Colour plates & b/w illustrations, folding maps. 259 pages. All edges gilt. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. A few small water marks to rear board. Neat inscription to front endpaper. A few scattered minor foxspots. All plates present.

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MOTORING MEMORIES IN PEACE AND WAR
Written by Tindall Harris.
Stock no. 2133442
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Memories of the author who in October 1914 joined a Red Cross convoy for France as a volunteer driver. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 5 b/w plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name and address in pencil on front pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Address label to rear pastedown. A very nice copy of this rare Great War account.

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THE SMELL OF HUMANS
Written by Erno Szep; John Batki; Dezso Tandori.
Stock no. 2133431
Published by Central European University Press. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary in 1944. Describing in precise detail a series of events along progressively grosser stages of infamy. Translated by Batki with an introductory essay by Tandori. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 173 pages. ISBN: 1858660149. Rear panel of wrapper scuffed.

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HITLER'S DECISION TO INVADE RUSSIA 1941
Written by Robert Cecil.
Stock no. 2133424
Published by Davis-Poynter. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fourth volume in the series The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages includes index. ISBN: 0706701828. Spine slightly bumped. Pictorial wrapper has a couple of small edge creases.

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UNIFORMS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Written by Henry Loomis Nelson. Illustrated by H.A. Ogden.
Stock no. 1819991
Published by Thomas Yoseloff. 1st thus 1959. Very good condition.

Very large format. Grey cloth spine with red title block and silver title, blue cloth boards with silver vignette to front. Full page colour plates. A few faint marks to rear board but appearance is a nice copy. Tape marks to endpapers. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1319156
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times. Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a sticker covering the price on front flap ('help spastics').

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MILITARY UNIFORMS II: REGIMENTS OF SCOTLAND
Written by W.Y. Carman. Illustrated by Richard Simkin.
Stock no. 1819989
Published by The Ariel Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very large format. White cardwraps, white cloth spine, title and illustration to front. 12 full page colour prints. Browning to horizontal edges of covers and text block. Pink pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and has a few minor closed tears (no loss).

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