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CARTOGRAPHIA: MAPPING CIVILIZATIONS
Written by Vincent Virga.
Stock no. 1327963
Published by Little, Brown and Company.
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Pictorial boards. More than 200 maps selected from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. ISBN: 9780316997669. Third printing. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine and front spine edge.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CARTOGRAPHY
IRISH MEGALITHIC TOMBS
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1828270
Published by Shire Publications.
2nd
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A Shire Archaeology Book. Second Edition. A concise and easily accessibly summary of archaeological research on meglithic monuments. White cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747805989. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- IRELAND
- MONUMENTS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ARCHAEOLOGY
THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME TWO: THE MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; et al.
Stock no. 1828254
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
A guide to the medieval and early modern worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between AD600 and 1783. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 030435516X. A lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME ONE: THE ANCIENT & CLASSICAL WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; Charles Freeman; et al.
Stock no. 1828252
Published by Cassell.
1st
2000.
Very good condition.
A guide to the ancient and classical worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between 4,000,000 BC and AD 600. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 0304355151. Remains of label just visible to lower edge of front cover. Grubby marks to title page. Contents otherwise clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by H. St. L.B. Moss; Geoffrey Barraclough; R.W. Southern; John H. Mundy; Johan Huizinga.
Stock no. 1327917
Published by Folio Society.
1st
1998.
Very good condition.
Five volumes. 3 red cloth, 2 dark green bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt. Colour illustrations. Small spots to the spines of the books else they are very good condition. Slipcase is just a tiny bit scuffed at edges.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MIDDLE AGES
THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840
Written by Robert Gardiner; Brian Lavery; et al.
Stock no. 1828189
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Conway's History of the Ship. Large format. B/w illustrations. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0851779549. Spine lightly faded. Prelims lightly crinkled. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- TALL SHIPS
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WARSHIP
THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR VOLUME I TRIAL BY BATTLE
Written by Jonathan Sumption.
Stock no. 1828163
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st thus
1992.
Very good condition.
Softback Preview Edition. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1928, following up the war to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Pictorial cardwraps. xi and 659 pages including index. ISBN: 0571166970. Corenrs lightly creased. Edges rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cotnents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson.
Stock no. 1828159
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book sheds light on the deadly conflict between Christendom and Islam; analyses the Mamluk-Mongol War and the reasons for the Mamluks' eventual victory; explores the distinctive military society of the Mamluks. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781853677342. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a crease to lower front edge, has teh remains of a price-label to rear panel and is scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MILITARY
- ISLAM
- CRUSADES
- CHRISTIANITY
- MONGOLS
CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1327816
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Book is fine, some scuffing to rear panel of slipcase.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE GREAT WAR OF 189-: A FORECAST
Written by P. Colomb; Archibald Forbes; Charles Lowe; Christie Murray; F. Scudamore; J.F. Maurice; F.N. Maude.
Illustrated by F. Villiers.
Stock no. 1828050
Published by William Heinemann.
2nd
1895.
Almost very good condition.
Second Edition. This work originally appeared in the pages of Black and White, the work being the outcome of consultations between some of the most eminent authorities upon modern warfare and international politics. The story has been carefully revised and reprinted. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black & brown title to front. Lower and vertical text block untrimmed. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. Spine browned and lightly worn at top & tail. Damp stain to rear board. Cloth worn to vertical edge of boards, possible nibbled at. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing present.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
WARFARE IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Written by Brian Todd Carey.
Stock no. 1828041
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2006.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Pioneering survey of warfare from the Dark Ages to the Thirty Years' War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps. ISBN: 1844153398. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MILITARY
CRUSADER WARFARE VOLUME II: MUSLIMS, MONGOLS AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE CRUSADES 1050-1300 AD
Written by David Nicolle.
Stock no. 1828039
Published by Hambledon Continuum.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This second volume of Crusader Warfare focuses on those non-Christian cultures that were most directly involved in the crusades. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847251466. A lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- CHRISTIANITY
- CRUSADES
- MILITARY
- ISLAM