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$17.50
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Maunsell's Nelsons


WINKWORTH, D W

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1980

KEYWORDS: England history trains railway British rail Southern locomotives

$25.00
xx162pol207022

Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad


DELONG-BAS, NATANA J

Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2007

KEYWORDS: Muslim community culture Islam Islamic jihad social history

$24.50
xx161pol207044

Their Days are Numbered: Proof of a Divine Time Table in History


NICKLIN, J BERNARD

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing Co. 1942

KEYWORDS: spiritual spirituality divine time table history

$28.50
xx161pol207054

The Egyptian Heaven and Hell


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

8vo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Open Court 1974

KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian spirituality heaven hell life death sociology anthropology ancient history

$70.00
1c41a/1

Black Country


DRABBLE, PHIL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 252pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to recto of ffep, sl foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series Phil Drabble black country history industry industrial

$40.00
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The South Hams


WILLY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, ix + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Maragret Willy south hams southern Devon Dartmoor agriculture farming

$40.00
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Salisbury Plain


WHITLOCK, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Ralph Whitlock Salisbury Plain Great Britain British prehistoric

$40.00
1c41a/4

The Northern Marches


HUGHES, CLEDWYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Cledwyn Hughes Wales Welsh

$40.00
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Merthyr, Rhondda and The Valleys


EDWARDS, A TRYSTAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 212pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history A Trystan Edwards Wales Welsh

$120.00
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Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750-1776, Volume I: 1750-1765


BAILYN, BERNARD (Ed) & GARRETT, JANE N (Ed Assist.)

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front board, xvi + plates + 771pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, light chafing & soiling, 1cm little gauge to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions US America American revolution history literature 18th eighteenth century John Harvard Library series

$40.00
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Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light


MURATA, SACHIKO & WEIMING, TU (Fore) & CHITTICK, WILLIAM C (New Trans)

TIDY INSCRIPTION IN CHINESE TO FFEP, octavo, glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 264pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, ink inscription in Chinese to ffep)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2000

KEYWORDS: China Chinese spirituality Sufi Sufism Islam Islamic historical literature religion religious history

$75.00
1c41a/9

The Vale of Pewsey


TIMPERLEY, H W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions the regional books series history England English Great Britain British Wiltshire agricutlure

$180.00
1c41a/10

Panzer Leader


GUDERIAN, GENERAL HEINZ & HART, Captain B H LIDDELL (Fore) & FITZGIBBON, CONSTANTINE (Trans)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 528pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/soiling to boards/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing with light loss & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zenger Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany Panzer ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir generals leaders General Heinz Guderian

$45.00
1c41a/11

The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel


KEITEL, FIELD-MARSHAL & GORLITZ, WALTER (Ed, Intro & Epilogue) & IRVING, DAVID (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown buckram spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, top page edges stained brown, page fore-edges deckled, 288pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing/chafing to spine & board edges with minor bruising also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, newspaper clipping/photocopy tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (plastic cover stuck to jacket- difficult to remove if needed, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl tanning to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi war leaders Field-Marshal Keitel ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 criminals crimes autobiography autobiographies memoir Nuremberg

$60.00
1c41a/12

The Occupation of The Rhineland 1918-1929 (Facsimile Edition)


BAYLISS, Dr G M (Intro) & EDMONDS, Brigadier-General Sir JAMES E (Compiled by)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 444pp, rear eps illus/map, illus/maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps, light wrinkling to ffep/prelims, 1cm closed tear to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1987 (Facsimile Edition)

KEYWORDS: military history Rhineland Imperial War Museum documents war cabinets official documents early 20th twentieth century

$345.00
1c41a/14

Phantom Nine: The 9th Armored (Remagen) Division, 1942-1945


REICHELT, Dr WALTER

SCARCE, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 327pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Presidial Press 1987

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 9th Armored Remagen division US America American army armed forces battles campaigns

$45.00
1c41a/15

Allied Secret: The Sinking of HMT Rohna


JACKSON, CARLTON

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xxi + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Red River Books / University of Oklahoma Press 2002

KEYWORDS: military history naval operations United States Army US America American armed forces HMT Rohna British troopships transport ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
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Combat Commander: Autobiography of a Soldier


HARMON, MAJOR GENERAL E N & MACKAYE, MILTON & MACKAYE, WILLIAM ROSS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Major-General E N Harmon US American America armed forces autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
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The Bloody Road to Tunis: Destruction of the Axis Forces in North Africa: November 1942-May 1943


ROLF, DAVID & THOMPSON, MAJOR-GENERAL JULIAN (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 North Africa African campaigns operations axis forces

$220.00
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The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and its Post-War Association


HOFMANN, GEORGE F

SCRCE, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Sixth Armored Division Association 1975

KEYWORDS: military history sixth 6th armored division US Army armed forces veterans

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