Search Results: Titles starting with C from Virginia Bank Books

Atheneum. 1980 (10710) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 288 pages. Watercolour paintings and b.w. sketches by General the Hon. Sir George Cadogan K.C.B. V.g. in blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. Text originally published as "Letters From Headquarters" by a Staff Officer in 1856 - this is an abridged and illustrated edition.

Phoenix Publications. 2010. (10947) Large format paperback. 106 pages. B.w. illustrations. V.g. in a v.g. papercover. Small stain to bottom edge of last few pages. No reading creases and no inscriptions. A tight sound clean copy. This book was written to appeal to anyone with an interest in seafaring Caister, and for the benefit of family historians included many photographs of named individuals, and for the boat enthusiast a comprehensive record of Caister owned sailing boats and steam drifters.

Time Warner Books, an imprint of Little Brown Book Group. Reprinted 2006. (10384) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 256 pages. Numerous colour and b.w. illustrations. Fine in glossy illustrated boards with navy lettering to orange spine, in a fine unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. Celebrates the men and women who have devoted their lives to the worship of God through acts of great kindness and inspirational strength.

Cassell. London. 2006. (9803) HEAVY PAPERBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 574 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in a near fine paper cover. No markings or inscriptions.

London. Batsford. 1986. lst edn. (4892) Large format hardback. 144 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in tan boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Ex shop stock - unread book. ISBN: 0-7134-4369-3.

Creekside Publishing. 2012. (10806) Paperback. 56 pages. Colour and b.w. photographs. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread.

Ian Allan. 1984. (10625) Paperback. 96 pages. Many b.w. photographs. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions.

London. Pimlico. 1996. (9001) Paperback. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread.

Cambridge University Press. 1934. Cheap edition (without bibliography). (10874) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 824 pages. V.g. in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge of textblock coloured dark green and with browning to front and rear fly leaves. Booksellers small label (Parker & Son, Oxford) at bottom of front pastedown and small previous owners signature dated 1941 at top of front pastedown. No d.w. A tight sound very clean copy.

Cambridge University Press. 1934. Cheap edition (without bibliography). (10873) HEAVY hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 826 pages. V.g. in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge of textblock coloured dark green and browning to front and rear fly leaves. Small booksellers label (Parker & Son, Oxford) at bottom of front pastedown and previous owners tiny signature dated 1941 at top of front pastedown. No d.w. A tight sound very clean copy.

Cambridge University Press. 1987. (9024) Hardback. 484 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a near fine unclipped d.w. with slight fading to spine - shelf exposure. Ex shop stock. Unread book.

Jamieson & Munro. 2011. (10479) Paperback. 280 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Detailed history of Cambusbarron - a village near Stirling in Scotland.

London. Chatham. 1997. lst edn. (8005) HEAVY large format hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 192 pages. B.w. illustrations. Trafalgar, the most famous and most strategically significant victory in the age of sail, was not an isolated event. Rather it was the culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war was resumed in May 1803 and aimed ultimately at the invasion of Great Britain. To this end Napoleon attempted by ruse and elaborately disguised manoeuvres to bring his scattered and blockaded squadrons together for long enough to give him command of the Channel, which he fondly believed was all that was necessary to ensure a successful landing..... Fine in teal boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Ex shop stock. Unread book. ISBN: 1-86176-028-0.

New York. Praeger. 1991. (3714) NEW Hardback. First Edition. 347 pages. Maps. B.w. illustrations. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Unread book from new stock. A detailed historical examination of the role of the Canadian Army in Normandy and of the organisation, training, and fighting style that the Canadians brought to the battlefield in 1944. In Book One - Long Forgotten Winters - the author analyzes the impact of the British military model on the Canadian corps in terms of doctrine, training, command and staff appointments, equipment, and organization. He discusses the contribution of Canadian troops in World War I and the failure of the Canadian military to maintain a high level of professionalism in the interwar period. Drawing on archival records, he offers new information on attempts to turn poorly trained troops into an effective fighting force as late as 1943. Book Two, from pages 157 - Half-Forgotten Summer - presents a critical analysis of… Read More

London. The Homeland Association. 1927. lst edn. (5491) Hardback. 40 pages. B.w. illustrations. Near-fine in grey boards with black lettering on front board and black lettering on a dark grey cloth spine, in a good clean d.w. with 3 small closed tears. No markings or inscriptions.

London. Harrap. 1953 reprint. Hardback. 344 pages. Coloured illustration at frontpiece. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Fine in navy cloth with gilt regimental badge on front board and gilt lettering to spine, slight foxing to top and front edges of texblock and 2 small areas showing outline of old sellotape staining on front fly-leaf, in a v.g. price-clipped d.w. with 3 small closed tears neatly repaired. No inscriptions. (8068)

Stroud. Sutton Publishing. 3rd edition 2005. (9564) Hardback. 446 pages. B.w and colour illustrations. Maps. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, edge of textblock now beginning to yellow due to age and acidic paper used, in a fine unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread.

London. Nelson. 1900. (9215) HEAVY HARDBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 512 pages. V.g. in maroon cloth with bevelled edges and gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering to spine. Ageing to edges of textblock. Tissue guarded frontis. 26 illustrations. Previous owners gift inscription dated 1903 on second front flyleaf. No d.w. A tight sound clean copy.

H. G. Mowat. 2011. (10268) Paperback. 210 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions.

Latimer House. Second impression, November 1948. (10845) Hardback. 222 pages. Good in navy cloth with slight fading to front board, silver lettering to spine and slight ageing to edges of textblock. Maps to endpapers. Previous owners newspaper cutting headed "Nazi-Soviet pact" fixed to blank page at rear. No inscriptions. No d.w. A tight sound clean copy.