THE COWARD OF MINDEN: THE AFFAIR OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE
Written by Piers Mackesy.
Stock no. 1828462
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Lord George Sackville was court-martialled for disobedience at the battle of Minden in 1759 and pronounced to be 'unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatsover'. What caused him to disobey the orders of his German Commander-in-Chief to bring up the cavalry? Was it cowardice? Or incompetence? Or a determination to be awkward? Or was he an unlucky victim of circumstance? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713908513. Small black mark to front endpaper. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

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RACE RELATIONS IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327779
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 136 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat writing to rear free-endpaper (list of further titles to read). Dustwrapper is damp stained to edges of front panel.

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MOSCOW'S ROAD TO NUREMBERG: THE SOVIET BACKGROUND TO THE TRIAL
Written by George Ginsburgs.
Stock no. 1827826
Published by Martinus Nijhoff. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

The Soviet regime's contribution to the pre-history of the Nuremberg trial i.e. the repertory of official acts and pronouncements as well as scholarly treatment of issues which ultimately shaped the legal complexion of the Nuremberg test. Blue boards. ISBN: 9789041101822. Still in original shrinkwrap which is just starting to split at joins and lower corners are rubbed.

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KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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WARFARE IN THE NORMAN MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Georgios Theotokis.
Stock no. 1327420
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2020. Very good condition.

Warfare in History series. Focusing on the Hautevilles, their successors and their followers. Pictorial boards. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781783275212. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small knock/dent to edge of front cover.

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THE NORSEMEN
Written by Eric Oxenstierna; Catherine Hutter.
Stock no. 1827717
Published by Studio Vista. 1st UK 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Viking history and civilization. Translated and edited by Catherine Hutter. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. Endpapers and text block browned, foxing to top edge of text block. Surface paper damage and slight loss to rear endpaper (insect damage?). Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is a little crinkled and lightly marked.

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BOOKS FOR CAPTAINS AND CAPTAINS IN BOOKS
Written by Marco Faini; Maria Elena Severini.
Stock no. 1327366
Published by Harrassowitz Verlag. Circa 2016. Nearly fine condition.

This volume collects the papers presented at the conference "Books for Captains and Captains in books. Italo-German Conference on the training and image of the military leader during the Renaissance", held at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel from on 24th and 25th February, 2014. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9783447104890. Still in original shrink wrap which has been slightly torn on rear and is slightly opened at corners, because of this the corner tips of the covers are very very slightly rubbed.

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NATURE AND POLICY IN ICELAND 1400-1800
Written by K. Hastrup.
Stock no. 1327359
Published by Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthropological Analysis of History and Mentality, a sequel to Culture and History in Medieval Iceland. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. ISBN: 0198277288. Spine slightly bumped. Small ink price to front free-endpaper crossed out with pencil. Foxspots to flaps of dustwrapper, also to pastedowns. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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HEAD DRESS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY 1880-1916
Written by Paul Sanders.
Stock no. 1327279
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of helmets, intended as an illustrated reference source on the elaborate head dress of the Imperial German Army. Large format. Burgundy cloth, black titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0764313878. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and has slight damage to edge of front fold.

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BRITAIN AND THE REVOLT IN CYPRUS 1954-1959
Written by Robert Holland.
Stock no. 1327151
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 347 pages. ISBN: 0198205384. Slight bumping to spine and small dents to lower cover edges. Some top page corner tips slightly creased. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and is slightly edge creased.

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