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MOVING THE GUNS: THE MECHANISATION OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY 1854-1939
Written by Philip Ventham; David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1819797
Published by HMSO.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Chronicling the story of the mechanisation of the Royal Artillery, following the technical development of the means to move guns in warfare from early experiments through to the beginning of the Second World War. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0112904777. Previous owner's name label to inside front cover.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
- ARTILLERY
- HISTORY
JOURNAL OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN
Written by Cavalie Mercer.
Stock no. 1819774
Published by Peter Davies.
1st thus
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Re-issue. A volume in the series Soldiers' Tales. A personal description. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Map to endpapers. ISBN: 0432093850. Text block browned. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NAPOLEON
INSURRECTION
Written by Robyn Young.
Stock no. 2133340
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blood, Battle Betrayal - the first book in the epic trilogy telling the story of Robert The Bruce. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. 488 pages plus character list, glossary and bibliography. ISBN: 9780340963647. SIGNED by author. Small bump at base of spine. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper has very light rubbing at edges and is complete with red wraparound band.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LITERATURE
JOURNAL OF A REGIMENTAL OFFICER DURING THE RECENT CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN UNDER LORD VISCOUNT WELLINGTON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819770
Published by Ken Trotman Publishing.
1st thus
1981.
Fine condition.
Facsimile of the original text 1810. Limited edition of 225 numbered copies. Red cloth spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. Folding battle plan. ISBN: 0853684073. Copy number 64 of 225.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARMY
- FACSIMILE
THE LOST ARMOURY OF THE GONZAGAS
Written by James G. Mann.
Stock no. 1819728
Published by Ken Trotman Publishing.
1st thus
2005.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Facsimile reprint. Originally published in the Archaeological Journal Volume XCV for 1938, and volume C for 1945. White cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1905074107.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- MILITARY
- FACSIMILE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 23
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1319045
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402502. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slightly faded spine which is a little creased at top edge.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE BLYTH & TYNE - A PICTORIAL RECORD 1840-1990: BLYTH & TYNE PART III
Written by J.A. Wells.
Stock no. 1819681
Published by Northumberland County Library.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Tracing the history and development of a unique branch line in south east Northumberland which was formally recognised as an independent Company by Act of Parliament from 1853 but whose existence can be traced to the Seghill Railway of 1840 and to earlier waggonways along the same route. 100 b/w fascinating photographs record some of its stations, signal boxes, locomotives and stock. Blue pictorial cardwraps. Oblong format. ISBN: 0951302787. Spine faded to light blue and lower edge of spine is bumped.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- NORTHUMBERLAND
- HISTORY
A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY 1816-1919 VOLUME I: 1816-1850
Written by The Marquess Of Anglesey.
Stock no. 1819676
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
After a prologue in which the origins and early development of mounted warfare are discussed, covers the period from 1815 to 1850. During those years the cavalry were employed in action chiefly in India, which therefore provides the setting for much of this volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. ISBN: 0850521122. SIGNED (no dedication) by the author to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- CAVALRY
MEDUSA'S GAZE: CASUISTRY AND CONSCIENCE IN THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Lowell Gallagher.
Stock no. 1819661
Published by Stanford University Press.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Examining the central role of casuistry in Elizabethan religions, political, and literary culture. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0804718598. Some mottling to boards. Text block slightly grubby, contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and some foxing to verso.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ELIZABETHAN
- RELIGION
- POLITICS
- RENAISSANCE
THE MUTINY ON H.M.S. BOUNTY
Written by Donald A. Maxton.
Stock no. 1819658
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc..
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
A guide to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, films, articles, and music. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780786430642.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PITCAIRN
- NAVY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- REFERENCE
THE LANGLEY STORY ILLUSTRATED
Written by Donald E. Waite.
Stock no. 1819555
1st
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An Early History of the Municipality of Langley (Canada). Limited Edition of 100. Brown cloth padded boards, gilt titles. B/w photos & illustrations. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 0919213618. Gilt 'The' in title to spine is lightly rubbed. Covers lightly rubbed. Copy 69 of 100 SIGNED by the author. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contained in brown slipcase with previous owner's name in gilt which is in very good condition, some scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CANADA
- LIMITED EDITION
MAFEKING DIARY: A BLACK MAN'S VIEW OF A WHITE MAN'S WAR
Written by Sol T. Plaatje; John L. Comaroff.
Stock no. 1819553
Published by Southern Book Publishers.
1st thus
1989.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A sharp-sighted view of the siege of Mafeking by a budding African intellectual and leader of his people. Orange boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1868122123. Foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- SOUTH AFRICA
- DIARY