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ON ROYALTY
Written by Jeremy Paxman.
Stock no. 1806761
Published by Viking. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? An entertaining study of the monarchy and how politics, religion, the military and the law have affected it. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780670916627. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Second impression of the first edition. White dustwrapper is marked to rear panel.

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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWELFTH, OR THE EAST SUFFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT
Written by Richard Cannon.
Stock no. 2109178
Published by Parker, Furnivall & Parker. 1848. Almost very good condition.

Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847. Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 hand coloured plates. Uneven fading to covers; spine browning; couple of small pin holes to spine. Bumping to cover edges, with some grubby marks. Publisher ink stamp and insert to prelims. A few grubby margin marks. Hand coloured plates are lovely and bright!

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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SIXTEENTH, OR THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT
Written by Richard Cannon.
Stock no. 2109176
Published by Parker, Furnivall & Parker. 1848. Very good condition.

Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848. Red cloth, gilt titles. 2 hand coloured plates. Fading to spine; some grubby marks to covers. Light bumping to corners. Hand coloured plates are lovely and bright!

Price: £75.00 £56.25.

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CHEPSTOW MISCELLANY
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1707131
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. 118 pages. 6 x8.5 inches. Excellent black and white drawings and photos throughout. Wrapper torn and repaired with tape. Small hole in side of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF THE SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY (PRINCE ALBERT'S) 1914-1919
Written by Everard Wyrall.
Stock no. 2109024
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Cloth covers. With 29 portraits, 7 other illustrations and 21 maps. Large format. Heavy wear to top of spine. Damp marks/browning to covers. Front joint is cracked and therefore prelims detached. Some foxing. A little pen annotation to a couple of pages; damp to some page edges. Creasing, browning and a few tears to fold-out plans. All illustrations and plans are present.

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TURNPIKE ROADS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2108996
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 105 copies. B/w illustrations. Green cloth. The Chepstow and New Passage Turnpike Districts. ISBN: 0906134315.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 2108995
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A little fading/foxing to wrapper spine with light edge-creasing.

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THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM BOOK OF 1918 YEAR OF VICTORY
Written by Malcolm Brown.
Stock no. 2108875
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1ST 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0283063076. Bumping to base of spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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THE PROBLEM OF WALES AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by J.F. Rees.
Stock no. 1806712
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown/red cloth with gilt title to spine. Endpapers browned, lower edge of boards bumped. Contents clean. Wrapper is edge-worn, browned and grubby.

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THE PLEASURE OF COFFEE BY ROMBOUTS
Written by Pierre Massia; Hugo Rombouts.
Stock no. 1706909
Published by Artis-Historia Publishing. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Colour photos. History, recipes and growing coffee. ISBN: 9056570617. One hinge cracked. Wrapper corners worn.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY
Written by George Ottley.
Stock no. 1706869
Published by HMSO. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. 683 pages. 7950 entries plus appendices. ISBN: 0112903347. Wrapper: corners worn

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LIKE LIONS THEY FOUGHT
Written by Robert B. Edgerton.
Stock no. 2108715
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa. B/w photos. ISBN: 0297794191. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks, and lightly faded to spine.

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