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RISING SUN AND TUMBLING BEAR - RUSSIA'S WAR WITH JAPAN
Written by Richard Connaughton.
Stock no. 1322602
Published by Cassell.
1st thus
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A major revision of the author's earlier work "The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear". Red boards, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0304361844. A few small marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine with minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- JAPAN
ARTILLERY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 1792-1815
Written by Kevin F. Kiley.
Stock no. 1322601
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tracing the use of artillery throughout the Napoleonic period. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 318 pages. ISBN: 1853675830. Light dusty mark to lower edge of rear cover. A few tiny indentations to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- NAPOLEON
- ARTILLERY
- MILITARY
BATTLES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS
Written by John Drogo Montagu.
Stock no. 1322595
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A chronological compendium of 667 battles to 31 BC, from the historians of the ancient world. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 1853673897. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
WOMEN WARLORDS AN ILLUSTRATRATED MILITARY HISTORY OF FEMALE WARRIORS
Written by Tim Newark.
Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1322594
Published by Blandford.
1st
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The reality of female military leadership in ancient and medieval warfare. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, some colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0713719656. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front flap of dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MILITARY
SHADOWS IN THE DESERT: ANCIENT PERSIA AT WAR
Written by Kaveh Farrokh.
Stock no. 1823497
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive history of Persia's wars with East and West from the 6th century BC, and an insight into the exchange of ideas and culture that occurred during these clashes in military technology, the arts, medicine, religion and science. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846031083. Base of spine worn. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- PERSIA
- MILITARY
THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF MATILDA OF CANOSSA 1046-1115
Written by David J. Hay.
Stock no. 1823482
Published by Manchester University Press.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Gender in History series. An account of the entire 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide of the first great war between Church and state. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780719073588.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- MIDDLE AGES
- MILITARY
CAVALRY OF THE HEARTLAND: THE MOUNTED FORCES OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE
Written by Edward G. Longacre.
Stock no. 1823480
Published by Westholme Publishing.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author chronicles the army's top generals failing to recognize the battle-winning potential of their cavalry and instead sending them off on sideshow operations rather than deploy them consistently to assist the main body's efforts. Based on a wide array of research materials including the unpublished writings of more than 300 officers and enlisted men. Black paper spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. ISBN: 9781594160981. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- CAVALRY
UNDER THE DEVIL'S EYE: BRITAIN'S FORGOTTEN ARMY AT SALONIKA 1915-1918
Written by Alan Wakefield; Simon Moody.
Stock no. 1823477
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the British Salonika Force. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0750935375. A very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 30
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1322553
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402014.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE QUEEN'S AMERICAN RANGERS
Written by Donald J. Gara.
Stock no. 1823472
Published by Westholme Publishing.
1st thus
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
The story of a Loyalist unit that fought alongside the British army against the American Patriots. Named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781594162565. A nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 2136690
Published by Routledge.
2001.
Very good condition.
The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Some light cover creasing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GEOGRAPHY
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
SCHARNHORST: THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1755-1801
Written by Charles Edward White.
Stock no. 2136687
Published by Helion & Company.
Circa
2020.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w maps. From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 No. 57. ISBN: 9781913118990. Light edge-wear.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY