THE JAPANESE SWORD THE SOUL OF THE SAMURAI
Written by Gregory Irvine.
Stock no. 1327054
Published by V&A Publications. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Far Eastern Series. An illustrated survey examining the development of the Japanese sword in an historical and social context from the 8th to the 20th century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1851773142. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Mike Clarke.
Stock no. 1827642
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated history of England's longest and most successful inland waterway. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0948789409. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. There is a slight musty odour present.

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THE PEOPLE ALONG THE SAND: THE SPURN PENINSULA & KILNSEA A HISTORY, 1800-2000
Written by Jan Crowther.
Stock no. 1827641
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Spurn Head is a 3.5 mile sand and shingle peninsula stretching between the North Sea and the River Humber. This social history of Spurn and Kilnsea has an emphasis on how the landscape of this very unusual area has impacted upon the people who have lived there or been associated with it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781860774195. A lovely copy.

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BLOODY VERRIERES: THE I. SS-PANZERKORPS' DEFENCE OF THE VERRIERES-BOURGUEBUS RIDGES VOLUME I
Written by Arthur W. Gullachsen.
Stock no. 1827638
Published by Casemate Publishers. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, 18-22 July 1944. The first of a two-volume set, a period of five days is examined to illustrate the attritional warfare of the Normandy campaign and cataclysmic battlefield collision of two armies, Panzergruppe West and the British Second Army, practicing entirely different operational doctrines. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781636240022. Pale grubby mark to vertical edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge.

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VESSELS FOR THE ANCESTORS
Written by Niall Sharples; Alison Sheridan.
Stock no. 1827630
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Essays on the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland in honour of Audrey Henshall. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps, sketches and photos. ISBN: 0748603417. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Written by Alex Gibson; Ann Woods.
Stock no. 1827629
Published by Leicester University Press. 2nd 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, revised and updated. A thorough survey of the chronological development of pottery throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. Light green pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071851954X. Minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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BRITISH OFFICERS' PEAK CAPS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Olivier C. Dorrell.
Stock no. 1327030
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An encylopedic introduction to British Officer's peak caps, exploring the caps' history and giving key introduction and alteration dates. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 176 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780764345784. Slight wear to corners of covers and a small brown spot to top edge of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly worn at corners, small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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DURRINGTON WALLS: EXCAVATIONS 1966-1968
Written by G.J. Wainwright; I.H. Longworth.
Stock no. 1827616
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXIX. Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located near Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. Spine lightly faded, light mottling to boards. top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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PRINTING TYPES: THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE
Written by D.B. Updike.
Stock no. 1827615
Published by Oak Knoll Press; The British Library. 4th 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the combined edition, volumes I & II. Foruth Edition, expanded. A classic study of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A fat volume. ISBN: 0712347348. Spine is slightly concave but does not affect overall contents. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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AULD ACQUAINTANCE
Written by The Marquis of Huntly.
Stock no. 1827613
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Further Reminiscences. The Marquis of Huntly supplements his autobiography, Milestones, with this volume which, assisted by his voluminous correspondence, ranges over a wide field from the throne downwards, through almost every phase of activity. Lord Huntly has had a most varied circle of friends - political, literary, and sporting - and he tells interesting and amusing things about all of them... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. No date but second impression. Cloth to front board creased, spine & rear board mottled. Base of spine fraying. Text block browned. Some foxing mainly to margins and text block. White dustwrapper is grubby, edge-worn with small chips, browned to spine.

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TREUDDYN: PAST & PRESENT DDOE A HEDDIW
Written by Philip Lloyd.
Stock no. 1827604
Published by Pwyllgor Mileniwm Truddyn Millennium Committee. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

History of a village in North Wales, Flintshire. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 187242497X. Spine and spine edges faded else a nice, clean copy.

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THE CARTULARY OF CHATTERIS ABBEY
Written by Claire Breay.
Stock no. 1827598
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris abbey in Cambridgeshire contains copies of documents dating from the mid-twelfth to fifteenth centuries; this critical edition, edited by Claire Breay, comprises a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine, white title within a lilac title label to front. ISBN: 0851157505. A few minor marks to boards. Content clean.

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