'THE REMAINS OF DISTANT TIMES': ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST
Written by David Morgan Evans; Peter Salway; David Thackray.
Stock no. 1829286
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The National Trust owns approximately 40,000 archaeological sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. During its centenary year the Trust, in close cooperation with the Society of Antiquaries, held a conference designed to highlight the important part archaeology now plays in the management of its properties - ancient monuments and landscapes, historic houses, and other historic buildings. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ix and 235 pages including index. ISBN: 0851156711. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn and light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Pale foxspots to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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SEDGEMOOR 1685: MARLBOROUGH'S FIRST VICTORY
Written by John Tincey.
Stock no. 1829281
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of the confrontation of the Duke of Monmouth and future Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill and a graphic reassessment of the campaign against the rebellion in the West Country. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 184 pages including index. ISBN: 1844151476. Top & tail of spine worn. A few marks to text block and endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed. Sweet odour present.

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COTSWOLD COUNTRY (THE FACE OF BRITAIN)
Written by H.J. Massingham.
Stock no. 1829271
Published by B.T. Batsford. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition, revised. A Survey of Limestone England from the Dorset Coast to Lincolnshire. Colour frontis. B/w photos. The Face of Britain Series. viii and 120 pages. Beige cloth boards lightly mottled. Foxing to text block, prelims and some pages. Price-cut Brian Cook dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, spine is browned with 1cm loss to top of spine and worn at base of spine, is lightly browned with minimal foxing.

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THE BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR JULY 2, 1644
Written by John Henry Crockatt. Illustrated by Graham Humphreys.
Stock no. 1829268
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Marston Moor was the earlier of the two major battles of the English Civil War. "When and Why" Books. Written for the ten- to fourteen-year-olds. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 071882198X. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to top edge of text block. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly rubbed at edges, tiny closed tear to lower front edge, rear panel is browned and a little grubby.

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MARTIN LUTHER: CATHOLIC DISSIDENT
Written by Peter Stanford.
Stock no. 1829267
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2017. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An examination of the man, the myth and the mass movement that his act of rebellion in nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg provoked. An intimate portrait of this complex, often charismatic, man of God. The man who risked his life to challenge the corruption and complacency of late medieval Catholicism. Black boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 9781473621664. A few minor marks to boards. Damage to some page corners whereby the book has a few pages with corner tips turned over (relatively minor). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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BLACK SPARTACUS: THE EPIC LIFE OF TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE
Written by Sudhir Hazareesingh.
Stock no. 1829266
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2020. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Haitian Revolution begain in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. Here, in all its drama, is the epic story of the world's first black superhero. Blue boards, white title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w & colour illustrations. xxvi and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241293812. 3rd printing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, grubby scuff marks to rear panel.

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THE OLD PARISH CHURCHES OF DEVON
Written by Mike Salter.
Stock no. 1829265
Published by Folly Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes all the features of interest dating from the Saxon period up until the 1790s to be seen in 470 parish churches and chapels in Devon. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and floor plans. 223 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1871731399. Small mark to last couple of pages else a very nice copy.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Denis Richards; Hilary St. George Saunders.
Stock no. 1829253
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume I: The Fight at Odds. Volume II: The fight Avails. Volume III: The Fight is Won. Published between 1953 & 1954. Blue cloth boards, navy title block with gilt title to spine. Some fold out maps. B/w photos. Volume I is third impression 1954, Volume II & III are first editions 1954.Volume I has small white mark to front board, small patch of fading from sunlight to spine in same place there is a hole to spine of dustwrapper. Light browning and foxing to text blocks and endpapers. Contents are generally clean. Binding is tight. Blue dustwrappers are a little edge-worn with a few small closed tears, spines are faded and worn, a little browned.

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A CHINESE MIRROR: BEING REFLECTIONS OF THE REALITY BEHIND APPEARANCE
Written by Florence Ayscough. Illustrated by Lucille Douglass.
Stock no. 1829252
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Chinese life and language. Red cloth spine, gilt title. Red cloth boards with circular designs. B/w illustrations. 464 pages including index. Fold-out map to rear. Spine & gilt title browned. Boards unevenly faded, edge-rubbed and worn at corners, top rear edge a little bashed. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot present.

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THE PRINCES OF INDIA
Written by William Barton.
Stock no. 1829251
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

With a Chapter on Nepal. The question of whether the Indian States should join the rest of India in a Federation... Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front board. B/w plates. xvi and 327 pages including index. Spine browned and stained. Boards a little grubby. Foxspots to text block, endpapers and prelims. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present. Some browning to contents.

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BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1829250
Published by Middleton Press. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

During the tumultuous months of 1940, Portsmouth was mutilated by some of the fiercest air raids outside London and was subjected to the threat of invasion and the uncertainties of the Battle of Britain. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 117 pages including index and publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0906520290. Second reprint. Mark where price label existed to rear board. A few light scuff marks. Contents clean.

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LORRIES IN BRITAIN: THE 1980S
Written by Carl Johnson.
Stock no. 1829249
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the 1980s Great Britain had steadily seen an influx of foreign manufacturers, a trend that was to eventually see the demise of all the major UK makes. However, it was still possible to see lots of interesting vehicles - some companies and individuals remained staunch users of British-built lorries. This volume brings back memories of how things used to be. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781398100800. Tiny crease to top corner of front cover and contents else a lovely copy.

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