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BLOOD OF NOBLE MEN: THE ALAMO SIEGE & BATTLE
Written by Alan C. Huffines; Stephen L. Hardin.
Illustrated by Gary S. Zaboly.
Stock no. 2135264
Published by Eakin Press.
1st USA
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Maroon/red leathertte style boards; gilt title to spine. An Illustrated Chronology. Foreword by Hardin. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1571681949.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
HELL WITH THE FIRE OUT: A HISTORY OF THE MODOC WAR
Written by Arthur Quinn.
Stock no. 2135257
Published by Faber And Faber, Inc..
1st USA
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Beige boards, gilt title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 0571199038. Light marks to outer page edges. What looks like fade mark to edge of front panel of wrapper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- MILITARY
GERONIMO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alexander B. Adams.
Stock no. 2135254
Published by New English Library.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale yellow boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. Illustrated Biography; b/w photos. ISBN: 0450016277. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
THEIR DEADLY TRADE: MURDERS IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Roger Williams.
Stock no. 1822171
Published by Gomer.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
Roger Williams demonstrates these gruesome and gripping chronicles. The thoroughness and immediacy of the accounts is enhanced by the inclusion of significant archive material. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1843233894. Slight crease to top corner of front cover. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY
KALM'S ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO ENGLAND ON HIS WAY TO AMERICA IN 1748
Written by Pehr Kalm; Joseph Lucas.
Stock no. 2135190
Published by Macmillan & Co..
1892.
Good condition.
Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w map. Ex-lib. with many usual markings; e.g. to spine, front pastedown, rear endpaper has remains of labels. Tears and chips, with splits and loss to top and tail of spine. Front joint is cracked. Rear joint has been repaired with white cloth tape. A reading copy.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
GERMAN ERSATZ BAYONETS. 1
Written by Anthony Carter.
Stock no. 2135065
Published by The Lyon Press.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Concise Illustrated History of the Emergency All-Metal Designs, 1914-1918. Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0904256103. Knocks to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased and foxed with closed tear to top of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- EDGED WEAPONS
- GERMANY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE GOODMAN OF PARIS
Written by Eileen Power.
Stock no. 1321366
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Translated and with an Introduction and Notes by Eileen Power. Green cloth. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates. A treatise on moral and domestic economy by a citizen of Paris c1393. Minimal bumping to spine. Slight rubbing/grubby marks to slipcase edges.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S CAMPAIGNS: A GUIDE TO ANCIENT POLITICAL AND MILITARY WARGAMING
Written by Phil Barker.
Stock no. 1822142
Published by Patrick Stephens.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
As well as being an immensely readable and superbly detailed account of Alexander the Great's actual campaigns, this book also enquires into many historical might-have-beens and gives boundless practical advice and information for all Ancient wargamers. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & battle plans. ISBN: 0850593255. Text block lightly browned and slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GREEK)
- MILITARY
- GAMES
- HOBBIES
THE GENERAL: CHARLES DE GAULLE AND THE FRANCE HE SAVED
Written by Jonathan Fenby.
Stock no. 1822122
Published by Simon & Schuster.
1st
2010.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A magisterial, sweeping biography of one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and of the country with which he so identified himself. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847373922. Includes relevant newspaper cuttings.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FRANCE
- BIOGRAPHY
SOCIETY IN THE NEW REIGN
Written by T.H.S. Escott.
Stock no. 2134951
Published by T. Fisher Unwin.
1st
1904.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Spine is browned with chipping and fraying to cloth at top and tail. Corners are worn with some bumping. Small part of a newspaper cutting stuck to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. Some page edge nicks. Contents are generally still very good.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
NUNS: A HISTORY OF CONVENT LIFE 1450-1700
Written by Silvia Evangelisti.
Stock no. 2134949
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st thus
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780199532056. Light wear to cover corners.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- RELIGION
MONTCALM AND WOLFE
Written by Francis Parkman.
Stock no. 2134947
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A continent at war - the Seven Years' War in America. First published in two volumes in 1884. This edition has an Historical Foreword by Esmond Wright, Professor fo Modern History in the University of Glasgow. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. B/w frontis. Top edge blue. xx and 719 pages including index. Spotting to covers. Browning and a few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with tears and chips, but minimal loss; some browning.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NORTH AMERICA