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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.. Introduction, Translation, and Historical Commentary with the Latin Text of R.A.B.Mynors. "Panegyrics are topical speeches or poems delivered in praise of rulers and other public figures, both living and deceased....'In Praise of Later Roman Emperors' provides...an annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics in the corpus, as well as the original Latin text prepared by R.A.B.Mynors...Nixon and Rodgers have managed to render the very difficult Latin of the panegyrics into graceful English, while at the same time remaining faithful to the original." Pp.xii/735. cracking to inner hinge at rear. Black cloth, dustwrapper has removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

London: BBC, 1985.. Rep. Based on the BBC TV series. 25.2cms. x 19.2cms. Pp. 272, fully illustd. in colour and b/w. Maps to endpapers. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight stain to back top edge. VG/G+.

London: Nisbet & Co., 1924.. 1st ed. "In his letters we have no rodomontade or propaganda; we have only the talk of the plain man - the busy merchant in the town, the village worthies over their evening piple, the doctor and the schoolmaster, the petty official and the student, Hindu, Moslem and Sikh. Mr Gwynn also takes us up and down the country, through the vastly diverse racial areas, and shows how the popular attitude to our administration varies with local conditions." (Introduction by Lord Meston). Pp.xii/344, minor toning to endpapers. Green cloth with blind-stamped title to front, gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed with edge tears. VG/G+.

London: BPC, 1971.. 1st ed. "Explores with a wealth of illustration the major events, movements, and personalities which have shaped our century". Pp 126. Some colour and b/w illustrations. Pbk, sunning to spine. G+.

London: SPCK, 1920.. Helps for Students of History No,37. Contents include: 1.The Crusading States in Palestine; 2. The Kingdom of Cyprus; 3. The Frankish States in Greece; 4. The Venetian Colonies in Greece and Albania; 5. The Genoese Colonies; 6. The Knights of Rhodes. Pp.61. Paperback, slight sunning to spine. Scarce. VG.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1965.. 1st ed. "Drawing on the vast amount of papyrus available, Jack Lindsay presents here a vivid picture of society at ease in Roman Egypt." Pp. 14/482, 120 line drawings. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: Robinson, 2002.. Francisco de Miranda, Simon Bolivar, San Martin, Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Lord Cochrane, Iturbide, and Crown Prince Pedro of Portugal. "Seven extraordinary young men led South America to independence in the early years of the nineteenth century...Despite their great daring and ultimate success all seven died amid pathos and tragedy. This epic tale is one of history's most amazing yet least-known episodes." Pp.xxiv/568, 6 maps + 38 black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1913.. 1st edition. "The present work is a result of my humble attempts to bring about a better understanding of my native land by the Occidental mind. Its main object is to show that Japan, in spite of such modern developments as the feminist or the anarchist movements, still remains in spirit very much the same as she ever was in the days of yore." (Author's preface). Pp.viii/150, black & white frontispiece + 24 further photo illustrations, gift message to front free endpaper, spotting and browning to endpapers. Grey cloth,gilt title to spine dulled, uneven discolouration to boards, wear to corner tips. G+.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1946.. 1st edition. Pp.viii/151, black & white photo frontispiece with 10 further photos and maps, ownership details to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed. G+.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977.. There have been accounts of the British Double-Cross System by those who were involved at the top, but this book is the first to examine the situation from the point of view of the agents involved...Both sides, British and German, attributed success to their inside knowledge. Such was their confidence that the massacre of Allied forces at Dieppe in 1942 was considered a victory by Germans and British alike: the Germans because, forewarned by their agents, they had been prepared; and the British because their plan of deception had made this one of the most successful decoy operations of the war." Pp.x/190, 8 pages black & white photo illustrations. Dark grey cloth, dustwrapper has rubbing to edges with 1cm loss to rear cover. VG/G+.

Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 1995.. 1st edition. A History of Letters in the British Press During the American Revolution, 1775-1781. "This narrative is grounded on letters to the printer which appeared in the British press from the outbreak of the American War for Independence at Lexington and Concord to the surrender of the British army at Yorktown." Pp.212. Navy cloth. VG.

Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.. 1st ed. "The first three chapters trace three major developments in historiography: the relation of history to the social sciences, the use of the technique of group biography, and the recent(c.1981) reaction to quantification and the revival of narrative. In the second section...Stone explores some of the ideas advanced by the leading English, American and French historians for the transition from the traditional to the modern world, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries." Pp.12/274. Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Gt. Britain: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.. 1st ed. by Softback Preview. Study of the Raj. Pp. 14/722, 59 b/w photos, + 8 maps. P/b. Illustd. cover. (The India Mutiny and the Relief of Lucknow by Thomas Jones Baker), creasing to spine. G+.

London:Hutchinson & Co.Ltd, nd.(c.1930).. Contents: Part One: State Secrets. I. How the Germans had Planned to Invade the United States; II. How the English Deciphered Enemy Telegrams; III. The Denouement of the Plot within Mexico; IV. "Not to be Opened for Twenty Years"; V. How the Secret Diplomatic Code of Germany was Delivered to England; VI. A Man who Vanished into Thin Air. Part Two. Tricks of the Trade: I. At the Headquarters of the Big Five; II. In the German Service; III. Dressing for the Part; IV. A Prize of a Hundred Thousand Pesetas; V. The Escape of a Prince; VI. On Board an Enemy Submarine; VII. The Key to the Riddle. Pp.173, erratum slip, minor toning to endpapers, a couple of spots to final two pages. Red cloth with black line border, slight sunning to spine. G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin 1978.. Provides an introduction to the art and architecture, law and literature, religion and philosophy, trade and commerce, and to the military and civil administratiion, as well as the history". Pp 330, slight toning to pages, inkstamp to verso front cover, old tape marks to endpapers, some b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1947.. 1st ed. Mr. Crankshaw has set out to evoke an image of contemporary Russia arising naturally from the past. Pp. 256. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has slight tears and chipping. G+/G.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989.. 1st edition. "Is Britain prepared to defend itself, or only to a play a part in Armageddon?...the country's security has depended on a willingness to begin a nuclear exchange which would destroy it along with the rest of Europe, and to obliterate Russian cities i a final act of retaliation. Meanwhile econmic and political decline have made it difficult for Britain to maintain adequate defence forces round its own shores..." Ex Priory library. Pp.x/272, ownership details to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper, scuffing to spine. G+/G+.

London: John Murray, 2005.. 1st ed. "Combining a rich array of sources with brilliant storytelling, Stephen Walker grippingly charts the defining event of the twentieth century, on its sixtieth anniversary." Pp. 15/352, 32 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. F/VG.

Newton Abbot: Readers Union,1972.. Dr Oliver Ransford begins by describing the discovery of Guinea from where most of the slaves were taken and then considers the impact of the European slavers on African traditional societies. After telling the terrible story of the Middle Passage across the Atlantic, Dr Ransford re-creates the atmosphere of the slave plantations in the Caribbean, North America and Brazil." Pp.10/292,20 b/w plates, 4 maps. Orange cloth, illustrated d/w slightly rubbed. VG/G+.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1894.. 1st ed. An account of Man's dwelling places, customs, utensils, etc., in prehistoric times, and in Ancient Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea, Phoenicia, Persia, India, and Japan. With nearly 400 illustrations. Pp.20/350/10(ads), illustrated throughout with nearly 400 steel engravings, endpapers browned. Grey cloth, darkened with age. G+.