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UK: Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gallipoli, remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of the First World War. The Allied and Turkish armies in 1915 suffered 400,000 casualties in eight-and-a-half months. It crippled Asquith's government sullied the reputations of Kitchener and Sir Ian Hamilton, derailed the political career of Winston Churchill and brought Kemal Ataturk onto the world stage. The text block is lightly tanned. The boards, binding text block and dust jacket are all square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only..

UK: The Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This little booklet is the story of the Minehead Toll Roads in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There is light marking to the front cover and corners and also light fading, otherwise the binding and text block is clean and tight. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

Oxford. UK: Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is a survey of a seminal and intensely controversial period in British history, from the union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1603 to the union of the kingdoms in 1707. The boards, binding and text block are all tight, square, bright and crisp. Illustrated. Book price includes 2nd class sign for parcel post in UK only. This book is photographed in the box it is sent out in as proof against in-transit damage..

Botley Oxford. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2005. Book. Illus. by Tony Bryan. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This volume titled " Landing Ship, Tank ( LST) 1942 - 2002; ". is Fully illustrated and with text.The covers light scratching and edge wear but along with the text block are all square, tight and clean. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..

Los Angeles: Bridge Publications. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1992.

UK: Chaucer Press, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ' In Painting Life, Robert L. Bonn takes the reader on a journey through the social world's depicted in 36 major paintings by the Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegal, The Elder. Dr Bonn guides the reader through the scenes remarkable works of art, the social context in which they were painted, and how they relate to our lives today. A good, clean and tight copy .

London .UK: Hutchinson, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. To fully understand our interdependent twenty-first century world, we have to understand Saudi Arabia: this book is the fullest and most gripping portrait of the Desert Kingdom yet. There is very minor wear to the corners of the dustjacket, otherwise the boards, binding, text block and dust jacket are all square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in Uk only. This book is photographed in the box it is sent off in as proof against in-transit damage..

London .UK: Phoenix Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition Thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sir Walter Ralegh was one of the most colourful and exciting of all the great Elizabethans. This biography by Robert Lacey is the first to be based on an accurate chronology of Ralegh's own writings. The covers, binding and text block are all square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class postage in UK only..

UK: Simon & Schuster UK, 2017. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. World-renowned palaeontologist Dr Kenneth Lacovara reveals how understanding dinosaurs can help us better understand our own place on Earth - and our future. There is not a D/w with this copy. A good tight copy..

UK: The Folio Society, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Medieval People was first published in 1924. The text of this edition follows that of the tenth edition with minor emendations. The cream boards and spine are decorated with illustrated medallions in gilt are showing Medieval life. The title down the spine is also in gilt. A good tight and square copy. The slipcase in dark blue is also very good..

London .UK: The Folio Society, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Society Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Medieval People was first published by Methuen 1924. The text of this edition follows that of the tenth edition with minor emendations. The decorated boards and text block are all square, tight , clean and bright. the slipcase is very good with no tears or bumps, but does have minor scuffing. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only. .

London: Hodder Stoughton. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

UK: Sutton Pub Ltd. During the Second World War a number of daring military actions were carried out by Allied and Axis land, sea and air forces against targets carefully selected for their strategic or propaganda values. These raids were as individual in character as the men who carried them out and equally unique in there objectives. John Laffin relates more than twenty such operations mounted by British, German, American, Australian, Italian and Canadian forces. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1999.

London .UK: Grange Books, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book, titled "Panorama of the Western Front" The covers and text block are square, tight and clean, the dust jacket has light shelf wear. there is also a previous owners label on the back cover. Illustrated throughout. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.

USA: Mariner Books, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In Beyond Religion, In this book the Dalai Lama returns to the conversation at his most outspoken, elaborating and deepening his vision for the nonreligious way - a path to lead an ethical, happy, and spiritual way of life. A clean and tight copy..

UK: Ward, Lock & Co Ltd. Book. Illus. by A.E. Jackson.. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book of the Tales of Shakespeare is illustrated with forty-eight coloured plates. The beige boards are tight with minor wear to the head, base and corners, the text block is square and tight with discolouration again to the head and base. A good reading copy. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..

UK.: Faber & Faber, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. What made Nelson so special? His peers included many able and pugnacious commanders, the Royal Navy was already the most successful professional fighting force of the age - so what individual quality led Byron to celebrate Nelson's genius as Britannia's God of War. This book explores one man's genius, to understand how one of the greatest warriors that Britain ever produced transformed the art of conflict, enabling his country to survive the challenge of total war and international isolation The text block has light spotting to its page edges. PLEASE NOTE: Economy shipping ( 2nd class ) to world Zone One and world Zone Two is by sea and will take between 60 and 90 Days..

London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, Limited. This book is about the Admirals that gave Britain global pre-eminence for over 300 years. Light creasing to the D/W ,it is not priced clipped . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2008.

London .UK: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2021. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final, desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones, she who is destined to bring about the return of humankind's ancient overlords. The boards, text block and dust jacket are square, tight and clean, Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only. This book is photographed as proof against in-transit damage..

London .UK: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2020. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. To avert castastrophe, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent on a secret mission that takes them away from everything they know to a forsaken land of magic and grim unrelenting terror. The boards, text block and dust jacket are square, tight and clean, Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only. This book is photographed as proof against in-transit damage..