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London: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+. 1945. Later Printing. Paperback. Slight corner crease to front cover, lightly sunned spine. ; Undated edition, but assumed sometime in the 1960s. Linen effect limp covers. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover design uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 592 pages; Schlesinger's Pulitzer Prize winning political portrait of America from the 1820s through to the 1840s. Complete and unabridged. .

London: The Reprint Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Light shelf wear and tear to unclipped . DJ with minor loss to top of spine and some foxing to reverse. Some foxing . to edges of reading block. ; Red speckled black cloth boards with gilt . lettering to blue spine panel, map endpapers by Arthur Banks. Nice tight . copy, no names or marks inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly.. 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . First Printing; The Story of England; Vol. 2; Maps; 576 pages; Bryant's classic history of England in the High Middle Ages from the accession of Edward I to the deposition of Richard II. .

London: The Sheldon Press. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Paperback. Spine cracked, old pencil price on front endpaper. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Original card cover. Erratum tipped in at page x, illustrated with 11 figures of photographs and drawings. ; B&W Photographs and illustartions; 64 pages .

Lampeter, Dyfed: Llanerch Press. Very Good+. 1990. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear with spine corners lightly bumped, light foxing to edges of reading block. ; First printing in this edition with no other printings listed,1990. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; B&W Illustrations; 120 pages; The text of Genesis A from the tenth century Junius manuscript translated from the original Anglo-Saxon by Lawrence Mason with illustrations from the original manuscript. .

Bristol: The Burleigh Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1972. Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, some rubbing to fore edge of boards, ink name and date to inside front cover, gutter starting at half title, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of revised third edition, 1972. Red and black speckled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, fold out map at rear. Nice tight copy. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs; 144 pages; A definitive history of the city of Bath updated to include more information on industrial history and buildings erected since earlier editions with updated photographs. .

London: Book Club Associates. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . DJ has light shelf wear. ; Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Illustrated throughout, with drawings maps and battle plans by W F N Watson. ; 232 pages; Narrative accounts of the main battles, explanations of historical background, analysis of commanders, guide to battlefields with road directions, aerial photos, battle plans, drawings of all main weapons and armour. .

London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1920. Eighth Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to unclipped DJ with tape repairs to spine, fly shadows to endpapers, ink name dated 1925 preceeding half title, some foxing to edges of reading block. ; Eight edition, April 1920. Blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed publisher's colophon to front, top edge black. Nice tight copy. DJ in protective cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 410 pages; Biography of one of the most beautiful and accomplished princesses of the Italian Renaissance, as well as a very good study of late 15th century court life in Milan. Before her tragic early death in childbirth Beatrice had made her mark on Milan through her patronage of learned men, poets and artists, such as Niccolò da Correggio, Bernardo Castiglione, Donato Bramante, and Leonardo da Vinci. .

London: Grange Books Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1993. Second Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ. ; Second printing, 1993. Gloss pictorial boards, dark blue endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Comprehensively illustrated by John Busby throughout. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 144 pages; A detailed guide of practical hints and tips on how to attract birds to the garden whether for food or shelter depending on the season. Includes a brief guide to identification of certain small birds. .

London: Penguin Books. Very Good+. 1989. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear, some toning to inside covers and endpapers. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. ; The Green Flag; Vol. 2; 336 pages; Second part of Robert Kee's outstanding history of Irish Nationalism, covering events from the founding of the Fenian Movement to the Dublin Rising of 1916. .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Ltd. Good+. 1971. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear, ink name to front endpaper. ; Good reading copy. Cover design by Germano Facetti. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs; 416 pages; Originally published in America as The Horizon Book of the Middle Ages and shortened for the Penguin edition. An accessible account of the period and one of the standard works on the subject. .

London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.. Very Good. 2004. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover creases, light shelf wear, slightly cocked spine. ; Sixth printing. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Simon Levy showing a 15th century painting by David Aubert of a battle between Saracens and Christians during the Crusades. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Brief Histories; B&W Illustrations; 320 pages; Revised from original hardback edition. Why did thousands of ordinary men and women, led by knights and ladies, kings and queens, embark on campaigns of fanatical conquest in the world of Islam? A history of the Christian war for faith and its bitter legacy that has soured relations between Christian and Muslim countries to this day. .

London: Pan Books Ltd. Very Good. 1960. Revised Edition; Third Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creasing, slight chipping to rear cover, paper starting to tone. ; Third printing of Great Pan GP36, 1960. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Illustrated with twelve pages of photographs and some maps. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 224 pages; The story of the archaeological dicoveries of Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans in Crete and Greece. .

London: Pan Books Ltd. Good+. 1969. Revised Edition; Ninth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Ex school library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, light reading and cover creasing, small splits to base of spine. ; Nice tight, good reading copy. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 224 pages; The story of the archaeological dicoveries of Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans in Crete and Greece. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good+. 2001. Not First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Minor reading creases and shelf wear, paper slightly edge toned. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Giovanna Garzoni. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 400 pages; The secrets of the papal kitchens from St Peter to John Paul II. A tasty mix of history and recipes, scandal and holiness. .

Bath: Vintage Books. Very Good-. 1991. Reprint; Sixteenth Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Some reading and cover creases, tiny stain to front endpaper, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; B&W Photographs; 490 pages; Well researched bestseller of the history of the American West from the perspective of the native population. The period 1860-1890 were years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Woven into a an engrossing saga of cruelty, treachery and violence are the fascinating stories of such legendary figures as Sitting Bull, Cochise, Crazy Horse and Geronimo. "They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it" .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Minor shelf wear. ; First trade paperback edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover design uncredited showing NASA photo of the Challenger explosion. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 592 pages; When the space shuttle Challenger exploded soon after launch on January 28th, 1986 it was witnessed by millions watching on TV around the world. This extremely detailed account of the steps leading up to that fateful decision helps prove that what occurred was not skulduggery or misconduct but a disastrous mistake caused by history, power, and politics at NASA that allowed managers to accept as normal high risk strategies. .

Huntingdon: Chameleon Publishing. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Minor reading creases and shelf wear, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight flat copy. Cover photo of head of a bull from the Lascaux caves, France. ; 176 pages; A collection of one hundred lasts. Including the last cavalry charge, the last steam-powered flight, the last income tax free period , and the last day of the Victorian age. .

London: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1989. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Light shelf wear, some scuffing to rear cover. ; First UK paperback edition, first printing with full number line. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 974 pages; A history of the French Revolution telling the story of the transformation of "subjects" to "citizens" and how a vision of liberty was turned into a scenario of hunger, anger, terror and death. .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1987. Reprint; Seventh Printing. Paperback. Light shelf wear with a few cover indents and minor creases to rear cover. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; B&W Photographs; 272 pages; The text from the ground breaking and internationally acclaimed television series concerning the development of Western civilisation. .

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Light shelf and edge wear, light reading creases to sunned spine. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover illustration taken from a contemporary engraving of the Peterloo massacre, 1819. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Birth of Modern Britain; 400 pages; A collecton of documents, from working-class journalism, speeches, state trials and diaries, illustrating the attitudes and relationships between working men and other groups and society during the first half of the nineteenth century following the end of the Napoleonic wars. .