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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.

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INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTORS
Written by Luc Reydams; Jan Wouters; Cedric Ryngaert.
Stock no. 1327558
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

First book to analyse the crucial role played by the prosecution in international criminal trials. Glazed pictorial boards. 968 pages. ISBN: 9780199554294. Spine and corners bumped, contents fine (look unread).

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PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN WAR
Written by Miriam Bradley.
Stock no. 1327557
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The ICRC, UNHCR, and their limitations in internal armed conflicts. This is a physical POD book. Glazed pictorial boards. 221 pages. ISBN: 9780198716389. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed else a fine copy.

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BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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ECOSYSTEM-BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: PROGRESS, IMPORTANCE, AND IMPACTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jason S. Link; Anthony R. Marshak.
Stock no. 1827796
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

The progress that the US has made towards advancing EBFM and making it an operational reality. Matt pictorial boards. 678 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, some colour photos. ISBN: 9780192843463. Tiny nick to vertical front edge of board. Light bump to lower front corner. A few minor grubby marks to rear board. Contents clean.

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THE BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
Written by R.C. Tinsley; H.R. Kobel.
Stock no. 1327428
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 68. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. Glazed pictorial boards. Some b/w photos and diagrams. 440 pages. ISBN: 0198549741. Top of spine is very slightly bumped. Else a fine copy.

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THE POLITICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by Hew Strachan.
Stock no. 1327421
Published by Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0198206704. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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NATURE AND POLICY IN ICELAND 1400-1800
Written by K. Hastrup.
Stock no. 1327359
Published by Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthropological Analysis of History and Mentality, a sequel to Culture and History in Medieval Iceland. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. ISBN: 0198277288. Spine slightly bumped. Small ink price to front free-endpaper crossed out with pencil. Foxspots to flaps of dustwrapper, also to pastedowns. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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THE MEGALITHIC ART OF WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1827709
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Megalithic art is found mainly on the structural stone of the tombs of passage grave type in Brittany, Iberia, Ireland and Britain. Most of the art consists of geometric designs. This work is based on extensive field work and provides a catalogue of the art in western Europe.The author has examined sites claimed to have megalithic art and the catalogue comprises a plan and description of each site and a drawing and full description of each decorated stone... Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198131933. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1327204
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock and light browning to endpapers. Flying Jacket wrapper is in a bad state of repair. Front flap is detached, chips at edges with loss and 2" loss to base of spine.

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BIGGLES HITS THE TRAIL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1327192
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, dark red/brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing to front free-endpaper (and some blotted out with black crayon). Top 1" of front joint is cracked. Foxing to contents.

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BRITAIN AND THE REVOLT IN CYPRUS 1954-1959
Written by Robert Holland.
Stock no. 1327151
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 347 pages. ISBN: 0198205384. Slight bumping to spine and small dents to lower cover edges. Some top page corner tips slightly creased. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and is slightly edge creased.

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