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Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1992. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Leo Cooper (Pen & Sword Books), Barnsley, S. Yorks, 1992. First edition. Book condition: very good with only minor signs of wear. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped. A little edge wear. In this distinctive presentation of the Battle of the Somme, there is a challenge to think critically about what might previously have been accepted as received wisdom.

London: BBC, 1984. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. BBC, London, 1984. Book condition: very good - tightly bound and clean copy. Dust jacket condition: very good. Jacket unclipped with slight shelf wear and very small chip to head of spine. All Our Working Lives provides a vivid and popular history of Britain at work in 1914. It draws on the personal memories of shopfloor workers and managers across a range of jobs, from shipbuilding to farming, mining to aircraft manufacture, shopkeeping to electronics. It is about working conditions and job satisfaction, pay, business success and failure, and new technology. Above all it is about change.

Washington: Brassey's (US), 1993. First published in August 1991 by NDU Press. This edition 1993. Hardback. [viii], xii, 417pp. Blak cloth over tan paper boards. Copper coloured lettering to spine. Dustjacket. This is the inspiring story of the US citizens who fought and died in WWII long before their country entered the war. The three Eagle Squadrons of Britain's Rpyal Air Force were manned by young American flyers risking their lives in another nation's fight. This book tells their stories - a unique chapter in American military history. Book in very good condition and appears unread. Very minor soiling to boards and text block edges. Light soiling to small areas of pages 388 & 389. Some grazing to upper edges of both front and rear paste-downs. Dust jacket very good. Unclipped. A little light soiling here and there. Spine slightly faded and some minor edge wear. Small area of damp staining to inner surface of upper edge.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1989. Book condition: very good. Just a little light shelf wear. Spine free of creases. Internally the book is very clean & unmarked. Part of the History of Civilisation Series. In this classic work, Friedrich Katz traces the development of the civislisations of pre-Columbian America from the village communities to prosperous city states culminating in the megnificent empires of the Aztecs and the Inca, giving detailed descriptions of the inhabitant, their agriculture and the cultural sphere of Mesoamerica.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Phoenix Edition, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1977. Book condition: very good. Little sign of use and free of marks & annotations etc. No creasing to spine and just a little colour fade to spine and its margins on the covers. This 'topographical framework' is a comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life: the management and utilization of the arable land; ships, ports, and transport on the Nile; the character and importance of the eastern & western deserts; and the relationship between a lack of essential raw materials and the conduct of foreign relations. This book is a treasure house of information for the reader who, with an interest in ancient history, wishes to know more.

London: Headline Review, 2006. First edition, 2006. Hardback. xxiii,392pp. Red cloth boards. Dust jacket. Richly detailed and deeply moving, Anzio is a remarkable story of the unrelenting friction of war. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Book in very good condition with little sign of use. Dust jacket in very good condition. Unclipped. Very minor edge wear.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1943. Third edition. Hardback. Good/Fair. Methuen & Co, London, 1944 (third edition). Book condition: good. Very minor bumping to corners and head & tail of spine. Some light tanning to paper - especially around ext block edges. Very light spotting here and there. Some very slight colour fade to and a little wrinkling to cloth on rear board - suspect a coffee cup (or similar) has been rested on the book. Dust jacket condition: fair. Some loss around head of spine and a small hole (approx 1.5cms diam) to spine. Minor chips and splits here and there to folds jacket a little stained on rear (slight evidence of the coffe cup again). Some discolouration to inner surfaces. The meeting at sea between President Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Churchill in August, 1941, when the Atlantic Charter was drawn up, has been termed the most dramatic personal encounter of the war. H. V. Morton, who crossed the Atlantic in HMS Prince of Wales, wrote this account of the Prime… Read More

Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1983. Second edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1983. Second edition. Book condition: very good. Dust jacket condition: very good, unclipped and with just a little shelf wear around the edges. In this revised edition, the author examines the many different branches of 'aviation archaeology'. Beginning with a survey of veteran and vintage aircraft and preservation societies, he then surveys the joys and pitfalls involved in unearthing aircraft wrecks.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2008. Book condition: very good. Previous owner's name to ffep but otherwise little sign of use. Dust jacket condition: very good - very light edge wear only & unclipped. The Battle of the River Plate was the firstmajor naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of ther most famous. This was the dramatic fight between the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America in December 1939.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First edition. Hardback. Good/Fair. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1990. First edition. Book condition: good - just a little shelf wear and front paste-down coming slightly adrift at hinge, otherwise tightly bound and clean - just a little tanning to the paper. Dust jacket condition: fair. Unclipped but with some shelf wear and creasing around the edges, spine a little creased and a small hole (approx 4mm x 2mm) to rear. Some general scuffing and occasional light soiling. This book tells the story of the momentous events of 15th September 1940, seen through the eyes of more than sixty of those who witnessed them in the air or on the ground. Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the RAF and, during a flying career spanning fifteen years, logged some 4,000 flying hours. Illustrated with b&w photos and maps etc

London: Book Club Associates, 1975. First edition from BCA. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Book Club Associates, London, 1975. Book condition: very good, virtually free of shelf wear and unmarked, tightly bound and square. Dust jacket condition: good, just a little shelf wear around the edges and a little light scuffing mainly to the rear. This is an account of all the major battles fought on British soil from 1066 to 1547. The book contains the following key features: narrative accounts of the main battles, analysis of the historical background and results of the battles, a guide to all the battlefields, areial photographs specially commissioned for this book and keyed wit the positions of the troops during the battles, battle-plans commissioned and drawn for the book, drawings showing key developments in weapons and equipment, an analysis of weapon developments, numerous contemporary illustrations and a synopsis of the battles of the Wars of the Roses.

London & New York: Texere, 2001. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Texere, New York & London, 2001. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: very good. Unclipped and with just a little shelf wear around the edges, small diagonal crease across upper corner of front flap. This is a captivating history of work, from prehistoric times to the present day. It offers fascinating and intelligent analyses of the individuals, assumptions, theories, developments and practices that have changed work so much. Donkin also investigates the ideas of theorists and the impact they have had on our lives.

Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2004. Second impression, 2004 (first published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979). Hardback. 660pp. Dust jacket. Thomas Pkenham has written the first full-scale documentary of the war to be attempted since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and often unpublished sources. This is a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel. The war declared by the Boers on 11th October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a lesson'. The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest (two and three -quarter years0, the costliest (over £00million), the bloodiest (at least 12,000 British, 25,000 Boer and 12,000 African lives) and the most humiliating war Britain fought between 1815 and 1914. The author exposes the crucial role of two of the 'gold-bugs' - the richest of the Rand millionaires - in precipitating the war. He throws light on the blunders of the British generals… Read More

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, 1911. 8vo. 358pp. Quarter velum over patterned red cloth boards and red title label to spine. Velum tips to corners. Top edge gilt. Book in good condition. Boards a little rubbed and lower board discoloured and scuffed. Velum lightly soiled. Very light spotting to endpapers and prelims but very clean internally. No jacket. It might not be the most accurate portrayal of the Borgias but it is entertaining and the author does not hold back in his telling of their violent crimes.

London: Routledge, 1991. First edition, 1991. Hardback. xx, 319pp. Black boards with silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket. In 1859 Japan was a distant, different country only just beginning to open itself up after a long period of self-imposed isolation. By 191 relations between Britain and Japan were drawing ever closer. This book introduces the main elements of the relationship since the formal beginnings of diplomacy in 1859 - embracing periods of British industrial dominance, alliance, conflict and the emergence of Japan as a major economic power. Book condition: good. A little bumping to upper corners and some light spotting to text block edges. Otherwise the book is very crisp and clean. Dust jacket in very good condition. Unclipped. A little edge wear. Jacket in a protective sleeve.

Barnsley: Pen & sword Books, 2005. Reprint 2006. Hardback. Very good/Very Good. Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2005. Reprint 2006. Book condition: very good. Minor shelf wera and a little light soiling to text block edges. Feels unread and is very clean internally. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped. Light edge wear and some slight discolouration to inner surfaces of jacket. Includes many previously unpublished photographs, showing veterans as lads keen to enlist, as soldiers on the Western Front, and as old men, enjoying each other's company at reunions and sharing their memories. This book is its author's personal tribute to the men who served, whose good nature, independence of mind and amazing adaptability to the modern world help us to see them not just as heroes but as greatly respected friends.

Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1984. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Phillimore & Co, Chichester, England, 1984. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: near fine & unclipped. Eric Krieger was born in Oldham and collected early postcards for many years. More than a hundred photographs, with carefully researched captions, transport the reader back to a Manchester rapidly passing beyond memory. The city's topography has undergone much change and this book provides a vivid and enlightening glimpse of the town that has largely disappeared and a way of life that has now gone.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First English language edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. Book condition: very good. A little shelf wear with some slight pressure marks to lower edge of front board. Previous owner's name & date to ffep. Internally very clean. Dust jacket: good. Unclipped. Some edge wear and chipping to corners, small perforation to spine. Generally a little rubbed. This is the second volume to be published in English of one of the finest introductions to the medieval world. Lavishly illustrated with numerous accompanying maps and charts,it presents a synthesis of scholarly research and interpretation, translated and revised thoroughly for an English speaking readership. The first volume to be published in this series covered the period 1250 - 1520 and the third volume covered 950 - 1250. To be clear, we are only offering the volume covering 350 - 950 and not the full set. Each volume is complete in itself. The book… Read More

London: Dix Noonan webb, December 2017.. Softcover. Unpaginated. Auction catalogue from December 13th and 14th, 2017. Illustrated. Near fine.

London: Dix Noonan webb, June 2017.. Softcover. Unpaginated. Auction catalogue from June 14th -16th, 2017. Illustrated. Near fine.