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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN VILLAGE
Written by Rose Spence. Illustrated by Mrs. H.H.E.C. Clifford.
Stock no. 1327771
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860771513. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just very slightly sunned to spine.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Written by Dee Brown; Hampton Sides.
Stock no. 1828058
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Sepia photo onlay to front cover. Sepia photos to contents. An Indian History of the American West. Introduced by Hampton Sides. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs (VG).

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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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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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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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RENAISSANCE ARMIES 1480-1650
Written by George Gush.
Stock no. 1828037
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition: revised, corrected and updated. Detail of the organisation, equipment, uniforms, flags and tactics of the armies of the Renaissance period of European history. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0850596041. Reprint. Tape marks to boards and pastedowns. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly scuffed.

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SHADOWS IN THE DESERT: ANCIENT PERSIA AT WAR
Written by Kaveh Farrokh.
Stock no. 1828036
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of Persia's wars with East and West from the 6th century BC, and an insight into the exchange of ideas and culture that occurred during these clashes in military technology, the arts, medicine, religion and science. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846031083. A lovely copy.

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MEDIEVAL WARFARE SOURCE BOOK VOLUME 2: CHRISTIAN EUROPE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
Written by David Nicolle.
Stock no. 1828034
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Campaigns; The Weaponry; The Warriors; The Commanders; The Sources; Miscellanea. This volume covers Byzantines, Persians & Muslims; Christian-Muslim Confrontation; Turks, Mongols and the Rise of Russia; Crusade, Reconquista and Counter-Crusade; China, the Far East and India. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 185409307X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a lovely copy.

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NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1828032
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book outlines in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781844157013. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is light rubbed at corners.

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THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort.
Stock no. 1828025
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Landscapes of Britain series. This book is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project which aimed to identify and explore the archaeology of the wetlands before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0954557549. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1828022
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781905119226. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to title page. Else a lovely copy.

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