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AVENGER FROM THE SKY
Written by Donald Judd.
Stock no. 1610085
Published by William Kimber.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The experiences of a Fleet Air Arm bomber pilot during World War II. ISBN: 071830568X. Wrapper spine faded.
STRIKE HARD A BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by John B. Hilling.
Stock no. 1610082
Published by Budding Books.
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Glazed illustrated boards. RAF Downham Market and its Squadrons 1942-46. B/w photos. ISBN: 1840150017. Base of spine bumped.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
'A STINGING BLOW' THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE: 9 AUGUST 1877
Written by Francis B. Taunton.
Stock no. 1815265
Published by The English Westerners' Society.
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
The Brand Book Volume 38, No. 3 Summer 2005. Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w illustrations. 23 pages. This copy is numbered 187.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- MILITARY
MEXICAN JOE VOLUME II: THE RUNNING WOLF YEARS
Written by Tom F. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1815260
Published by The English Westerners' Society.
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
The Brand Book Volume 50, No. 1 (Winter 2016). An Essay. American Showman Joseph Shelley AKA Mexican Joe. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. 44 pages.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- PERFORMING ARTS
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE GALE OF LIFE: TWO THOUSAND YEARS IN SOUTH-WEST SHROPSHIRE
Written by John Leonard; David Preshous; et al.
Stock no. 1815198
Published by Logaston Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
The South-West Shropshire Historical and Archaeological Society has produced this book as a celebration of the Millenium. Comprising of 20 essays by a variety of authors. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873827369.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- SHROPSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
EDMUND CAMPION MEMORY AND TRANSCRIPTION
Written by Gerard Kilroy.
Stock no. 1609869
Published by Ashgate Publishing Company.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. The death of Edmund Campion in 1581 marked a disjunction between printed untruth and private handwritten truth in early modern England. New views about Campion's literary, historical and cultural impact. ISBN: 0754652556. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Minor bumping to spine and corners. Wrapper slightly faded at spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BRITAIN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by A.D. Harvey.
Stock no. 1815118
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1978.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A detailed study of Britain during the opening years of the nineteenth century - the years of the struggle against Napoleon and the period which saw the final stages of the emergence of the two-party system in parliament. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 395 pages including index. ISBN: 0713410329. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE
Written by Heinrich Fichtenau.
Stock no. 1815113
Published by Basil Blackwell.
1968.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Studies in Mediaeval History No. 9. This book is more concerned with the strains and stresses in Carolingian society and the conflicts that arose from then than with a systematic enumeration of all the known details. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0631053409. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is grubby, has a closed tear to top front edge and remains of price label to rear flap.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MIDDLE AGES
THE LAST KING OF POLAND
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1815040
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The rich and enthralling story of a personal dream with all the elements of grand tragedy, while at the same time an important chronicle of the birth and death of liberalism in Poland and the establishment of Russian power in Europe. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 029781821X. Text block a little grubby. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- POLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
THOMAS JEFFERSON REPUTATION AND LEGACY
Written by Francis D. Cogliano.
Stock no. 1815000
Published by Edinburgh University Press.
1st
2006.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A major study of Jefferson's reputation concerned with Jefferson and history - both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought after. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 276 pages including index. ISBN: 9780748624997. Scuffing to dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY
COMANCHES: THE DESTRUCTION OF A PEOPLE
Written by T.R. Fehrenbach.
Stock no. 1814845
Published by Da Capo Press.
1st thus
1994.
Very good condition.
Paperback edition of Comanches, originally published in 1974. The story of the most powerful of American Indian tribes, the Comanches (they called themselves the True Human Beings), who rode into modern history in a headlong collision with Western civilization. ISBN: 0306805863. Text block a little grubby, edges of covers lightly rubbed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
DINUZULU: THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE OF SHAKA
Written by C.T. Binns.
Stock no. 1814844
Published by Longmans.
1st
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo king of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-1879. Dinuzulu and the final dissolution of the great military empire which the tyrant Shaka had founded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to text block and musty odour to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and edge-worn with tape repair.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- BIOGRAPHY
- BOER WAR