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REMOTE CORNERS: A SIERRA LEONE MEMOIR
Written by Harry Mitchell.
Stock no. 1819549
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860648177. Foxing to text block. Slight yellowing to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A musty odour is present.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- SIERRA LEONE
THE GERMAN ARMY ON VIMY RIDGE 1914-1917
Written by Jack Sheldon.
Stock no. 1819532
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781844156801. Small initials in ink to front endpaper else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- ARMY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
THE CAMPAIGN IN BOHEMIA 1866
Written by G.J.R. Glunicke.
Stock no. 1819531
Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co..
1st
1907.
Good condition.
The Special Campaign Series No. 6. Yellow cloth boards with red titles. B/w maps. Most maps stored in pocket to rear. Covers grubby. 2" split to top front edge of spine. Front board creased as are prelims. Inscription ink to front endpaper. Front joint starting to split from top. Some marks & creasing to contents. Map of Germany MISSING. Some maps have names written on reverse otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- MILITARY
ROARING ROADSTERS: THE ROAD TO INDY
Written by Dick Wallen.
Stock no. 1819516
Published by Dick Wallen Productions.
1st
2005.
Fine condition.
The history of the track roadsters. Large oblong format. Black boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial inlay to front cover. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication) 233/350. Contained in slipcase in fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- HISTORY
THE OFFICIAL MILITARY ATLAS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by George B. Davis; Leslie J. Perry; Joseph W. Kirkley.
Stock no. 1819497
Published by Gramercy Books.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Originally printed in 1891-1895. Bound in one volume in this facsimile. 821 maps, 106 engravings, and 209 drawings. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0517415666. 6th printing. Couple of nicks to lower edge of rear board. Contents fine. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and slightly faded to spine, rear panel a little grubby and a small indentation to center which also falls on to rear board.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- MAPS
- FACSIMILE
SHEFFIELD LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: A CENTENARY RETROSPECT 1822-1922
Written by William Smith Porter.
Stock no. 1819470
Published by J.W. Northend.
1st
1922.
Almost very good condition.
The Birth of the Society; Notes from the Minute Books; Lectures and Papers. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. Boards marked and stained. Endpapers browned. A few scattered foxspots. Some light underlining in blue pencil. Hinges slightly pulled.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GEOLOGIA NORVEGICA
Written by Michael Peterson Escholt; Daniel Collins.
Stock no. 1819465
Published by Trondheim.
1st thus
1963.
Fine condition.
Or, a brief instructive remembrancer, concerning that very great and spacious Earthquake, which happened almost quite through the South parts of Norvvay: Upon the 24th day of April, in the year 1657. Facsimile of the 1663 publication, printed in 1000 numbered copies. Brown pictorial cloth boards. 93 pages. Originally written in the Danish Tongue by Escholt, this is the English edition translated by Collins. Numbered 18 of 1000.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- SCANDINAVIA
- NORWAY
- EARTHQUAKE
- GEOLOGY
- FACSIMILE
EARLY SCIENCE IN OXFORD VOL XII
Written by R.T. Gunther.
Stock no. 2133146
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1939.
Very good condition.
Dr. Plot and the Correspondence of the Philosophical Society of Oxford. Correspondence dating from 1680-1695 recapturing a Golden Age in British Science. Part of the Oxford Books on the History of Science series. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 10 b/w plates. 434 pages includes index. All plates present. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Small closed tear in cloth at edge of rear cover. Pages lightly browned with a few foxspots to edge of textblock. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- OXFORD
THE THIRD REICH
Written by K. Hildebrand.
Stock no. 1819406
Published by George Allen & Unwin.
1st thus
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An account of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. An invaluable guide for students, teachers and researchers as well as for all those interested in National Socialism and the Second World War. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0049430335. Dustwrapper is covered with clear film which has been stuck to the verso with clear tape, spine faded, scuffing to rear.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- WORLD WAR II
WARSAW 1944: THE FATEFUL UPRISING
Written by Alexandra Richie.
Stock no. 1819405
Published by William Collins.
1st
2013.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The story of a city and the unbreakable spirit of its people in the face of unspeakable barbarism. The tragic story from German and Polish perspectives. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780007180417. Top & tail of spine bumped.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- WORLD WAR II
- POLAND
- NAZIS
- MILITARY
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NAZI GERMANY AND IMPERIAL JAPAN
Written by Hans Dollinger.
Stock no. 2133088
Published by Gramercy Books.
1st USA
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II. Black cloth spine, gilt title; red covers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0517123991. Wrapper has some browning to edges and spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- NAZIS
- WORLD WAR II
- JAPAN
FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2133086
Published by Wharncliffe Books.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition.
Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY