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Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1965. 559pp. Also have other volumes. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1965. 499pp. Also have other volumes. Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Roberts Rinehart Pub, 1995. 313pp/illus. Singular in its consideration of both the British and Irish viewpoints, this sensitive account of a hopeless, heroic, and haunting episode will be counted among our most striking examples of brilliant historic reporting of the Irish uprising. Clean. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Wm Collins & Sons & Co, 1980. 232pp/end-paper maps. This book is a narrative of the first thirty years of Elizabeth !'s reign that culminated in the defeat of the Armada. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

East Brunswick, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982. 266pp. Subjects: Jews -- Emancipation -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. Great Britain -- Ethnic relations. DJ has wear. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

London, England: George, Allen and Unwin, 1948. 307pp/illus. This is one of Professor Lewis’s finest works and it went into a second edition after the war in 1948. He examines the origins and development of the sea-officer from earliest times, producing the first comprehensive book on the subject. Divided into four parts, the first is entitled : The Antecedents of the Naval Officer and traces his ancestors, examines the link between seamanship and fighting, and describes the birth of the naval officer. Part Two : The Profession in the Making looks at the supply of officers, their entry and naval training and their service and after-care on retirement. Part Three : Some "Old Officers" gives account of the Lord High Admiral and his deputies, and officers of the old Navy Board. Finally in Part Four : The New Officers, the author examines the Flag-Officers, Ship-Officers holding a commission, "Warrant" Officers, "Civilian" Officers, and the Engineer, bringing the… Leer más

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1962. 344pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, The nine naval men are Sir Henry Keppel, Sir Arthur Wilson, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Fisher, Sir Percy Scott, Earl Jellicoe, Sir David Beatty, Sir John Tyrwhitt & Lord Keyes. DJ has light chipping. Text clean.. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Oxford University Press [1961-70], 1961. First Edition 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 5 portrait frontispieces, 66 plates on 40, 7 illustrations and charts in the text, 22 folding or double-page charts (most coloured in outline) bound in, and 16 folding charts coloured in outline in pocket at end of third volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set. The set comprises Volume I: The Road to War, 1904-1914 (1961); Volume II: The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland (1965); Volume III: Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916) (1966); Volume IV: 1917: Year of Crisis (1969); Volume V: Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919) (1970). Set is exlib with remnants of tag on spine and minimal markings inside. The definitive history of the Royal Navy in the years leading up to and during the Great War. Arguably the finest contribution to the litertaure of naval history since Mahan. Now very scarce as a complete set. A clean tight difficult to find set,. 1st Edition. Cloth.… Leer más

London, England: Oxford University Press [1961-70], 1961. First Edition 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 5 portrait frontispieces, 66 plates on 40, 7 illustrations and charts in the text, 22 folding or double-page charts (most coloured in outline) bound in, and 16 folding charts coloured in outline in pocket at end of third volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set. The set comprises Volume I: The Road to War, 1904-1914 (1961); Volume II: The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland (1965); Volume III: Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916) (1966); Volume IV: 1917: Year of Crisis (1969); Volume V: Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919) (1970). Set is bound in uniform blue cloth although spines are faded on Vols 1-3. The definitive history of the Royal Navy in the years leading up to and during the Great War. Arguably the finest contribution to the litertaure of naval history since Mahan. Now very scarce as a complete set. A clean tight difficult to find set,. 1st Edition. Cloth.… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Smithmark Pub, 1995. 567pp/illus/maps. This is an abridgement into a single volume of Churchill's four early war books-Malakand Field Force, The River War, London to Ladysmith, Ian Hamilton's March-four early books covering his life as soldier and war correspondent. DJ has light wear and price clipped. Text Clean. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Greenwood Pub Group, 1988. 187pp. Unique history of the Brish Army using literature. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. 224pp/illus in b&w/color. Kenneth Baker draws on his own extensive experience of high politics as well as his personal collection of caricatures to give us a fascinating vision of how the English saw their king. Many of these amusing, often irreverent images have not been published before and they provide a new dimension to the story of one of the nation's most well known but least understood monarchs. Clean no marks.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

London: Faber & Faber, 1948. 211p/fold-out map and 136 illus. a comprehensive account of Bath's Georgian architecture, with a wealth of information about the buildings and their architect-builders. A general historical survey of Georgian building activity in the city, with biographical details of the personalities concerned, is followed by a series of fully detailed descriptions of all the important public and domestic buildings. Light foxing otherwise clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, France: Al Saqi, 2002. 308pp. This is the first study to explore the impact of globalization on the Muslim identity in the West. Clean. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Henry G. Bohn, 1857. 279pp. With illustrations. A nice copy with 30 attractive engravings. elaborate gilt decoration on upper cover and spine, Bottom edge of cover chewed with wear along bottom. Text clean and tight.. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1906. Part 1 London 1906, Macmillan first UK edition, Part 2 London 1915 second ed, original red cloth VG- condition( spine sunning, some cover wear. Vol. 1 - 51pp contents & 598 pages, .vol. 2 - xviii, 369 pages, index. map case has 27 fold-out color maps. . Vol. IV Part I deals with the French Revolutionary wars from 1789 to the Treaty of Amiens in 1798 which provided a brief breathing space of one year for both sides in the continuous warring between Britain and France which raged until Waterloo in 1815. It includes British operations in the Netherlands, the West Indies, South Africa and Ireland. Vol. IV Part 2 - goes up to 1801. The examination of the British Army is also expanded, and an important appendix gives exact details of British Army pay. Maps and plans complete. All volumes clean. Part 2 is sunned on spine.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1910. xiii, 437 pages. 17 color fold out maps, index. Vol. V - the period 1803 to 1807. Detailed treatment of the situation and operations in the East Indies , India and Ceylon, the West Indies, Europe and the Mediterranean. Has British Staff College Library stamp on half-title and end-paper, Otherwise clean with no markings.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: MacMillan, 1917. 688pp. Vol. VIII - 1811-1812. covers two more years of the slogging war in the Peninsula, together with the 1812 War with the United States in which British troops burned the White House. There are details of many battles in Spain, including Barrosa, Badajoz, Fuentes de Onoro, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca and others of fame during the Peninsula War. Has library bookplate inside front cover and markings on title and copyright pages. Otherwise clean and unmatked.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Accra, Gold Coast: Goverment Printer, 1956. 63pp. Consolidated legislation related to the Native Courts. Clean. Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: J. S. Virtue & Co Ltd, 1890. 2 vols in 4. Two colour frontispieces, two colour title-page vignettes, and 27 colour plates by G.D. Giles, Frank Feller and others. Extensive account of the various regiments in the army of the Queen of England. With beautifully full-page chromolithographed plates depicting a variety of divisions in the regiments of the Queen's forces, such as: the royal artillery, the horse guards, the Bengal cavalry, Victorian forces, the Welsh regiment, the Royal marines, etc. Books ar textured red cloth w.black titling and medal stamp to top boards,gilt titling to spines lightly sunned,mod.rubbed with gilt trim to pages. All volumes clean and in excellent condition except small repair to top spine of Vol 2. Light sporadic foxing to Vol 1. Overall a colorful and clean set.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.