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Maunsell's Nelsons
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
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
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
Their Days are Numbered: Proof of a Divine Time Table in History
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
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell
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
Black Country
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
The South Hams
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
Salisbury Plain
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
The Northern Marches
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
Merthyr, Rhondda and The Valleys
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
Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750-1776, Volume I: 1750-1765
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
Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light
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
The Vale of Pewsey
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
Panzer Leader
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
The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel
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
The Occupation of The Rhineland 1918-1929 (Facsimile Edition)
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
Phantom Nine: The 9th Armored (Remagen) Division, 1942-1945
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
Allied Secret: The Sinking of HMT Rohna
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
Combat Commander: Autobiography of a Soldier
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
The Bloody Road to Tunis: Destruction of the Axis Forces in North Africa: November 1942-May 1943
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
The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and its Post-War Association
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