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SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU (JUNE - NOVEMBER 1950)
Written by Roy E. Appleman.
Stock no. 1606360
Published by Office Of The Chief Of Military History.
1975.
Good condition.
United States Army in the Korean War. B/w photos and maps. Folding maps. Spine bumped and a little faded. Map 2 is MISSING from the collection of maps at rear. Pocket holding map at rear is torn. Foxing and browning to textblock. Last few pages are creased at edges. Contents generally clean and bright.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- KOREA
KHAKI AND THE ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Written by Omar Khalidi.
Stock no. 1606319
Published by Three Essays Collective.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. 126 pages. Army, police and paramilitary forces during communal riots. ISBN: 8188789097.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- INDIA
- ARMY
DESIGN IN GERMANY 1870-1918
Written by John Heskett.
Stock no. 1810501
Published by Trefoil Books.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The changing approach from historically-oriented styles to innovative concepts of art and design which placed Germany at the forefront of design theory and practice in the early twentieth century. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0862940834. Corners bumped. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- DESIGN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
NOVGOROD ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS 11TH-17TH CENTURIES
Written by Mikhail Karger.
Stock no. 1810460
Published by Aurora Art Publishers.
1st
1975.
Very good condition.
Dual language: Russian & English. Glazed boards. B/w photos. Laminate to front spine edge starting to crack. Small rust mark from paperclip to top edge of front endpaper and half-title page. Otherwise contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- RUSSIA
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- RUSSIAN
- MONUMENTS
BOX 1299
Written by Ernest George Spater.
Stock no. 2115834
Published by Eagle Star.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the contents of a box owned by the Swansea agency of the Palladium Life Assurance Society. B/w illustrations. 37 pages. Author not name in book but British Library confirms Spater. Some uneven fading to cover edges. Rust marks from staples to front pastedown and endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Old compliments slip stapled to front flap of wrapper - now showing rust marks. Wrapper has some tears and chips; minimal loss, as tears have been repaired to verso with brown paper tape.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AN EDWARDIAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Jane Pettigrew.
Stock no. 1403355
Published by Little, Brown and Company.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Between 1901 and the outbreak of the first world war, Britain enjoyed what was often referred to as The Golden Age and this time of greater wealth and freedom encouraged a more enlightened attitude to the upbringing of the Edwardian child. Oblong format. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0316888656. Spine and corners a little bumped.A little fading to board edges. A few marks to boards. Greasy mark to front pastedown. Contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little edgeworn . Browning to spine and wrapper edges. Small tear to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- EDWARDIAN
DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN BORDER
Written by Sukhwant Singh.
Stock no. 2115694
Published by Lancer Publishers & Distributors.
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
India's Wars Since Independence Series - Volume Two. ISBN: 1897829426. Spine is a bit 'wrinkled'. Couple of corners are bumped. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- BANGLADESH
- MILITARY
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS 1919 TO 1945
Written by Ronald McNicoll.
Stock no. 2115651
Published by The Corps Committee Of The Royal Australian Engineers.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Teeth & Tail. The Third volume of the history of the Royal Australian Engineers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0959687130. Dusty/slight damp mark along top edges of covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and some browning.
A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe.
Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers.
1st
1971.
Very good condition.
The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 0827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- RELIGION
- ILLUSTRATED
- USA
SWANBROOKE DOWN A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Rosamond Richardson.
Illustrated by Peter Firmin.
Stock no. 1810335
Published by Scribners.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An intriguing and poignant study of village life and the way it has changed through the twentieth century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356190706. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SUBEDAR TO FIELD MARSHAL
Written by Partap Narain.
Stock no. 2115610
Published by Manas Publications.
1st INDIA
1999.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
This book is on Indianisation of the armed forces, the civil and police services. ISBN: 8170490723. Wrapper flaps are stuck to pastedowns (possibly when published). A few grubby marks and creasing to edges of wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- INDIA
SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF GOLD
Written by William Martin Camp.
Stock no. 2115605
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc..
1948.
Very good condition.
Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- USA
- MARITIME