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THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AT SEA
Written by Adrian English.
Stock no. 1322639
Published by Partizan Press.
1st
2013.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. 191 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781858186535. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Some slight rubbing to wrapper edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- SPAIN
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (SPANISH)
SWEIN FORKBEARD'S INVASIONS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, 991-1017
Written by Ian Howard.
Stock no. 1322610
Published by The Boydell Press.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Warfare in History series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. Some b/w maps. ISBN: 0851159281. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- VIKINGS
HENRY IV
Written by Bryan Bevan.
Stock no. 1322607
Published by The Rubicon Press.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A powerful study of Henry of Bolingbroke, one of the most important noblemen of the later 14th century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 166 pages. ISBN: 0948695358. Minimal bumping to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ROYALTY
PALMYRA AND ITS EMPIRE
Written by Richard Stoneman.
Stock no. 1322605
Published by University Of Michigan Press.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Zenobia's Revolt against Rome. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. B/w photos at rear of book. ISBN: 0472103873. Spine slightly bumped, some light dusty marks along spine edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- MIDDLE EAST
- SYRIA
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
DOMESDAY BOOK A COMPLETE TRANSLATION
Written by G.H. Martin.
Stock no. 1322604
Published by Penguin.
Circa
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. x + 1436 pages. Introduction by Martin. A Penguin edition of the Alecto Historical edition of 1992. ISBN: 0140515356. 2nd printing. Appears unread.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RISING SUN AND TUMBLING BEAR - RUSSIA'S WAR WITH JAPAN
Written by Richard Connaughton.
Stock no. 1322602
Published by Cassell.
1st thus
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A major revision of the author's earlier work "The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear". Red boards, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0304361844. A few small marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine with minimal loss.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- JAPAN
ARTILLERY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 1792-1815
Written by Kevin F. Kiley.
Stock no. 1322601
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tracing the use of artillery throughout the Napoleonic period. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 318 pages. ISBN: 1853675830. Light dusty mark to lower edge of rear cover. A few tiny indentations to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- NAPOLEON
- ARTILLERY
- MILITARY
BATTLES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS
Written by John Drogo Montagu.
Stock no. 1322595
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A chronological compendium of 667 battles to 31 BC, from the historians of the ancient world. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 1853673897. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
WOMEN WARLORDS AN ILLUSTRATRATED MILITARY HISTORY OF FEMALE WARRIORS
Written by Tim Newark.
Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1322594
Published by Blandford.
1st
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The reality of female military leadership in ancient and medieval warfare. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, some colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0713719656. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front flap of dustwrapper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MILITARY
SHADOWS IN THE DESERT: ANCIENT PERSIA AT WAR
Written by Kaveh Farrokh.
Stock no. 1823497
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good 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. Base of spine worn. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- PERSIA
- MILITARY
THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF MATILDA OF CANOSSA 1046-1115
Written by David J. Hay.
Stock no. 1823482
Published by Manchester University Press.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Gender in History series. An account of the entire 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide of the first great war between Church and state. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780719073588.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- MIDDLE AGES
- MILITARY
UNDER THE DEVIL'S EYE: BRITAIN'S FORGOTTEN ARMY AT SALONIKA 1915-1918
Written by Alan Wakefield; Simon Moody.
Stock no. 1823477
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the British Salonika Force. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0750935375. A very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)