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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Stock no. 1829214
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Three volume set. Volume I: Military Affairs; Volume II: Affairs of the State; Volume III: Affairs of the People. Plum colour cloth with gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781107154582. Top & tail of spines slightly bent from shelf-wear. Dustwrappers are ligthly edge-creased with some very light scuffing. A handsome set.

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THE FIRST FARMERS OF EUROPE: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE (CAMBRIDGE WORLD ARCHEOLOGY)
Written by Stephen Shennan.
Stock no. 1829211
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

The lastest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w maps and charts. xviii and 253 pages. ISBN: 9781108422925. Boards lightly scuffed, top corners lightly bumped. 'DAMAGED' stamped in red to verso of title page - possibly missing half-title page at the front of the book or else the prelims are misbound and should be after the title page, not before as they are. Contents are clean.

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THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND VOLUME II: THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1829127
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The book covers the period 1336-1485. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. xii and 405 pages. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers, contents otherwise clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is heavily foxed, heavily browned to spine with some loss to top & tail, a few minor edge-tears and chips.

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THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1828983
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book deals with monks and friars in all their activities from 1216 to about 1340. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title and vignette to front. xvi and 348 pages including index. Reprint. Boards a little grubby and mottled. Edge of boarfds lightly rubbede. Corners bumped. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is browned, heavily so to spine, slight loss to top & tail of spine, a few marks. Strong musty odour present but contents otherwise clean.

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BRITISH MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
Written by E. Vernon Watson. Illustrated by E. Vernon Watson.
Stock no. 1828955
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An introductory work with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all Except the Very Rare Species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. xvi and 495 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block heavily browned. Some foxing present. Some annotation to contents. Slight musty odour present. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss to top & tail of spine, browned to rear panel with some foxing.

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HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson. Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.

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THE GREAT WAR AT SEA: A NAVAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Lawrence Sondhaus.
Stock no. 1828014
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A naval history of the First World War, revealing the decisive contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781107036901. Light scuffing to black pictorial dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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RECONSTRUCTING ATROCITY PREVENTION
Written by Sheri P. Rosenberg; Tibi Galis; Alex Zucker.
Stock no. 1327389
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

An attempt to address the topic of prevention of mass atrocities from the theoretical, policy, and practicing standpoints simultaneously. A physical print on demand book. Printed by Lightning Source. Glazed boards. 525 pages. ISBN: 9781107094963. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small mark to textblock lower edge/corner.

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THE NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Stuart Piggott.
Stock no. 1827591
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of the Stone-using Agricultural Communities of Britain in the Second Millennium B.C. Originally published in 1954, this is a Cambridge University Press Library Edition re-issue. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plans. ISBN: 0521077818. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top. Contents clean. Price-cut blue dustwrapper is unevenly faded, lightly browned to spine.

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AIRSHIP TECHNOLOGY
Written by G.A. Khoury; J.D. Gillett.
Stock no. 1826661
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Providing a unique and indispensable guide to modern airship design and operation. Cambridge Aerospace Series 10. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. A physical copy of a print on demand item, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0521607531. Covers lightly bowed, lightly rubbed at corners, a little scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Otherwise contents clean.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1825209
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Cardcover corners lightly rubbed, tiny knock to vertical edge of rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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