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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FOUR NORTH DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827721
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 34 parishes in the northern part of Dorset. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 011700460X. A lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to top of spine.

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BRITAIN AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE: EXPERT ADVICE AND SCIENCE POLICY, 1930-65
Written by Brian Balmer.
Stock no. 1327423
Published by Palgrave. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of biological weapons research and policy in th UK. Black boards, silver title to spine. 246 pages. ISBN: 0333754301. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Sticky mark to rear panel of wrapper (removal of a a label?).

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THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL LONDON
Written by W.F. Grimes.
Stock no. 1827720
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Report on a series of excavations from 1947 to 1962, dealing in detail with major investigations like that of Cripplegate Fort, the Temple of Mithras and some of the famous mediaeval churches including St Bride's, Fleet Street. Yellow cloth boards, green title label with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and diagrams including some fold-out. ISBN: 0710028970. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, jsut a little grubby.

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THE STANWICK FORTIFICATIONS NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler.
Stock no. 1827719
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XVII. The Stanwick earthworks, enclosing 850 acres of lowland in northern Yorkshire, are a remarkable and indeed unique complex representing at least four structural phases. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Spine faded but gilt title still bright. Browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. 214 pages. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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ROMAN COLCHESTER
Written by M.R. Hull.
Stock no. 1827718
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XX. Large format. Brown cloth boards. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents are clean.

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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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WARFARE IN THE NORMAN MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Georgios Theotokis.
Stock no. 1327420
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2020. Very good condition.

Warfare in History series. Focusing on the Hautevilles, their successors and their followers. Pictorial boards. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781783275212. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small knock/dent to edge of front cover.

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THE NORSEMEN
Written by Eric Oxenstierna; Catherine Hutter.
Stock no. 1827717
Published by Studio Vista. 1st UK 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Viking history and civilization. Translated and edited by Catherine Hutter. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. Endpapers and text block browned, foxing to top edge of text block. Surface paper damage and slight loss to rear endpaper (insect damage?). Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is a little crinkled and lightly marked.

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DIEX AIX: GOD HELP US THE GUERNSEYMEN WHO MARCHED AWAY, 1914-1918
Written by Edwin Parks.
Stock no. 1327419
Published by Guernsey Museums & Galleries. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

A record of the activities of each unit, and a listing for every man, with details of his service and wounds. Cardwraps. 172 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871560853. Foxing to textblock and prelims.

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TONY MARSH, THE GREAT ALL-ROUNDER IN AND OUT OF MOTORSPORT
Written by Tony Marsh.
Stock no. 1327418
Published by Parley Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Former six-times British Hill Climb Champion and racing driver, the story up until 2001. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 269 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780955482601. SIGNED by Marsh to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded at edges.

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THE GALWAY HOOKERS: SAILING WORK BOATS OF GALWAY BAY
Written by Richard J. Scott.
Stock no. 1327417
Published by A.K. Ilen Company. 4th 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Includes DVD of TG4 documentary. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0954791509. Slight rubbing to corners and very slight browning to top edge of front cover. DVD still present (but untested).

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