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INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC SHIPS
Written by Norman J. Brouwer.
Stock no. 1606374
Published by Anthony Nelson Ltd.. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904614115.

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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.

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THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE IN SINAI AND PALESTINE 1914-1918
Written by H.S. Gullett.
Stock no. 1810603
Published by University Of Queensland Press. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 volume VII. Originally published in 1923. Cardwraps. B/w plates and maps. 843 pages including index. ISBN: 0702217263. Spine slightly faded, edges of covers rubbed. Text block a little grubby. A few scattered foxspots mainly to inside covers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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YOUTH IN STEP HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CADET CORPS
Written by V. Longer.
Stock no. 1810408
Published by Lancer International. 1st 1983. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Formation of the National Cadet Corps was perhaps the finest event to happen to the student community of India. The story of the birth and development of the Corps in relation to the national mainstream. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Dustwrapper is damp marked affecting the rear board with mottling and dampstaining to rear pastedown and endpaper. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Text block marked. Dustwrapper is also price-cut and edge-worn.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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