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A PLAGUE ON YOU, SIR
Written by George Patrick.
Stock no. 1708851
Published by George Patrick. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Community's Road to Health. How did the people of Kingston upon Hull tackle disease. 335 pages. ISBN: 0950786802. Wrapper unevenly faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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AFFAIR OF STATE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 8TH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
Written by Henry Vane.
Stock no. 1807678
Published by Peter Owen. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the nineteenth-century politician Lord Hartington - later the 8th Duke of Devonshire - and of Louise Alten, who was his mistress as Duchess of Manchester and later his wife. A tale that spans the world of politics and the high-living circle around the Prince of Wales, with whom Hartington and Louise were intimate friends. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 0720612330. Wrapper has a few minor marks.

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BY THE SWORD DIVIDED
Written by John Adair.
Stock no. 1605196
Published by Century Publishing. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Eyewitnesses of the English Civil War. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0712602410. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents near fine.

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HOLSINGER'S CHARLOTTESVILLE 1890-1925
Written by F.T. Heblich; Cecile Clover Walters. Illustrated by Rufus W. Holsinger.
Stock no. 1807591
Published by Progress Publishers. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Selected Photographs from the Collection of Rufus W. Holsinger. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. 106 pages. Light page browning to contents. Price-cut wrapper is chipped at edges with slight loss and a little scuffed.

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WARPATHS: TRAVELS OF A MILITARY HISTORIAN IN NORTH AMERICA
Written by John Keegan.
Stock no. 1605145
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Part military history, part travel book. ISBN: 0340586559. Spine bumped. Bookplate to verson of front endpaper.

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STRATEGY OF SURVIVAL
Written by Brian Crozier.
Stock no. 2111706
Published by Temple Smith. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851171435. Fading to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased, with nicks and chips; some browning.

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WITH GENERAL FRENCH AND THE CAVALRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Charles Sydney Goldmann.
Stock no. 2111576
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Maroon cloth spine, with gilt title; rest of covers are black. Many fold-out pages of maps etc. Some b/w photos. Spine has been rebacked, with original laid down; a little chipping and loss to original. Bumping and wear to corners. A few marks to covers. New endpapers. Frontis is MISSING. Foxing to some pages and outer page edges. A few page corner losses.

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SHARPSHOOTER IN THE CRIMEA
Written by Michael Springman.
Stock no. 2111501
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Letters of Captain Gerald Goodlake V.C. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1844152375. Bumping to a couple of corners. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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A HISTORY OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE PARISH OF LLANTILIO-CROSSENNY IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1807551
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1924. Good condition.

Founded 10 August 1654 by James Powell of Cymmerau, Gentleman. Grey card wraps. 44 pages. Splash stains to front cover. Pages are uncut at top edge suggesting the book has never been read. Pages untrimmed at vertical edge so that the contents are wider than the covers, ageing the unprotected paper. Else contents clean.

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VERSAILLES, THE AMERICAN STORY
Written by Pascale Richard.
Stock no. 1605072
Published by Alain De Gourcuff Editeur. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Illustrated boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 2909838447.

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LORDS OF THE AIR
Written by Harry Harper.
Stock no. 1605069
Published by R.T.S Lutterworth Press. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth; silver title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. Front endpaper MISSING, top 1cm of title page cut out. All plates present. Wrapper is torn with approx. 3cm loss across top of front panel, and some further small areas of loss.

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