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1c41a/3

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
1c41a/5

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
1c41a/6

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
1c41a/8

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
1c41a/16

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
1c41a/19

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
1c41a/20

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

$100.00
1g56a/9

The German Army in the West


WESTPHAL, GENERAL SIEGFRIED

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & discolouration to board corners, light rubbing to top of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy cracking & chipping with tape repairs/reinforcement to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions military history German army third reich command leaders

$65.00
1g56a/10

The Monastic Order in England (Second Editions)


KNOWLES, DOM DAVID

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 780pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, with minor foxing also)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: medieval history monastic order England English St Dunstan fourth lateran council religion religious orders

$75.00
1g56a/12

Chinese Women and Christianity 1860-1927


KWOK, PUI-LAN

Octavo, coloured glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 225pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label & soiling to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Scholars Press 1991

KEYWORDS: China Chinese women religion Christianity faith history church

$100.00
1g56a/15

An Illustrated History of Wilson Marriage School


REYNOLDS, COLIN

Quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 125pp + photographic section to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, lg ink gift inscription to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Colin Reynolds 1984

KEYWORDS: England English schools history Wilson Marriage School St Leonard's Parish Hythe Wesleyan Day academic institutions

$40.00
1g56a/17

Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist Rediscovered


SUMNER, ANN (Ed) & SMITH, GREG (Ed) et al

Ex-library, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 287pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edgestape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / National Museums & Galleries of Wales 2003

KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography Thomas Jones artists 18th eighteenth century Welsh Wales landscapes appreciation criticism

$50.00
1g56a/20

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Paintings


XIN, YANG & CHONGZHENG, NIE & SHAOJUN, LANG & BARNHART, RICHARD M & CAHILL, JAMES & HUNG, WU

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 402pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / Foreign Languages Press 1997

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation criticism China Chinese historical

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