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	Blackfriars Past and Present London, Continental Illinois Corporation. 1978. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. A history of Blackfirars published to commemorate the arrival there of Continental Illinois Corporation - the bank that was 'too big to fail'. Did of course, in 1984. Not many lessons learnt from that then. However, a nice short history of the area, 35pp. Covers a little creased and soiled. Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 004333 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The British Heritage. The People, Their Crafts and Achievements as Recorded in Their Buildings and on the Face of the Countryside. London, Odhams Press Limited. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The purpose of this book is to show how the British way of life is a compound of ingredients derived from the cultures of many races and many peoples, and how in art, in architecture and the planning of towns and villages, even in the very pattern of rural life, the debt which the present owes to the past is immense and almost incalculable. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 002026 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds Borough Council. 1973. Hard Cover, 250mm Tall. Official guide to Bury St. Edmunds. 151pp. Illustrations and advertisements. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 004695 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Crowning the King: The History, Symbolism and Meaning of the Coronation Ceremony London and Manchester, Allied Newspapers Limited. Hard Cover, 245mm Tall. Numerous illustrations. Not dated. 256 pages. Foxing on pastedowns. Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004663 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Documents and Materials Relating to the Eve of the Second World War. Volume I November 1937-1938 Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1948. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. From the archives of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fading to spine and top of covers. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 002090 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Germany London, The Sunday Times. 1963. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. An excellent introduction to Germany and its people. Revised English edition. 176pp. Water stains on lower right corners of pages. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002645 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	India London, The Sunday Times. 1963. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. An excellent introduction to India and its people. Revised English edition. 160pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.75 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 17.86 \| JP¥ 1577] Book number: 002644 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Indian Heritage: Court Life & Arts Under Mughal Rule London, Victoria and Albert Musuem. 1982. (ISBN: 0905209206) Soft Cover, 270mm Tall. Exhibition catalogue, well illustrated some in colour. 176 pages. Fine. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 004524 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Jewellery Studies Volume 3 Society of Jewellery Historians. 1989, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 99 pages. Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 004422 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Let Us Live in Peace and Friendship Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1959. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Visit of Nikita Khrushchov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to the United States in September 1959. 405pp. 30 photographs in section at the end. Covers have light foxing at top front and some browning overall. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.80 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.63 \| JP¥ 851] Book number: 000086 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Pick of "Punch" An Annual Selection London, Chatto and Windus. 1939. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Articles, verse, cartoons and drawings selected from the issues of Punch appearing between 1st July 1938 and 30th June 1939. 248pp. Covers a little soiled and shelfworn. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002726 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book. Photographs from My Camera London, The Daily Telegraph. 1908, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Covers have numerous heavy fingermarks and soiling. Good/No Jacket. GBP 24.30 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 40.36 \| JP¥ 3566] Book number: 000729 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial. A Provisional Guide London, Trustees of the British Museum. 1947, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. A preliminary account of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial written by Mr R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford, Assistant Keeper in the Department of British Antiquities. Spine has two tears along edges; browning to covers. Very Good. GBP 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.2 \| JP¥ 1167] Book number: 001904 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Syon House. The Story of a Great House with a Short Guide for Visitors Syon House Estate. 1950. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. With 4 plates and 2 endpaper maps in colour. 22 illustrations in monochrome. 47pp. Wear to cover edges, top/tail of spine. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 002586 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ADAMS, GEORGE BURTON The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) Vol II London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Some browning to pastedowns, and some foxing on following six pages. Wear to top/tail of spine and corners bumped. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.30 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 17.11 \| JP¥ 1511] Book number: 000579 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ADAMS, W. H. DAVENPORT The Land of the Nile; or, Egypt Past and Present London, T. Nelson and Sons. 1872. Decorative Boards, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. With one hundred engravings. 338 pages. Gilt title and decoration on spine, black and gilt decoration on front cover. Foxing on title page, free endpapers and frontispiece, also on page edges; school presentation label of 1873 on front free endpaper; cover corners a little bumped and worn as is top/tail of spine. Very Good. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 001654 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ALFORD, ALAN F. Gods of the New Millenium : Scientific Proof of Flesh and Blood Gods Walsall, Eridu Books. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0952799405) Hard Cover, 250mm Tall. 'A comprehensive and irrefutable proof of the flesh-and-blood gods who created us'. 467 pages. Dedication from author on front free endpaper. Dust jacket with only slight shelfwear. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 77.75 US$ 116.27 \| JP¥ 10272] Book number: 004492 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ALPERS, ANTONY A Book of Dolphins London, John Murray. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Thorn, Erik. Starts with the Dolphin tales of the Greeks and Romans; then with description of the dolphin today; Polynesian legends, and the true story of a famous dolphin Pelorus Jack. Dust jacket not price clipped, has creases at top of spine. Inscription by previous owner on front free. Fine/Very Good. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000104 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ANDREW, DONNA T. AND RANDALL MCGOWEN The Perreaus and Mrs Rudd: Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0520220625) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A true-crime story of forgery, deceit and ambition that had all London and its press talking in 1775. 16 pages of illustrations. 346pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 27.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 US$ 44.85 \| JP¥ 3962] Book number: 003517 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ANDRONICOS, MANOLIS Delphi Athens, Ekdotike Athenon. 1985. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 80pp. Delphi is part of a series of editions presenting the treasures in the museums of Greece and introducing the history of Greek art. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 003955 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ATTERIDGE, A. HILLIARD Marshal Murat: Marshal of France and King of Naples London, Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hard Cover, 190mm Tall. Not dated. 383 pages. Front free endpaper crudely cut out. Fading to spine, General shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Fair/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004633 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAINES, J. MANWARING Historic Hastings Hastings, F. J. Parsons Ltd. 1955. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by author copy No 363 of limited edtion of 500. 433pp. Light foxing to page edges. Previous owners small label on front pastedown. Heavy book. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.73 \| JP¥ 7044] Book number: 003465 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, COLIN Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus London, I.B.Tauris. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860642233) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Roy Armitage's service in the colonies spanned a remarkabel periods of change. It covered half the interwar years, including the depression and the rise of fascism. It covered the deprivations and worries of the Second World War. It encompassed the early postwar period with colonial emphasis on economic development, and the ealry stirrings of nationalist political advance. It spanned, also, the 1950s and early 1960s as those stirrings became turbulent and as Britain's retreat from empire became clearer and its pace quickened. With five maps and eight plates. 414 pages. Three small marks on front cover. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 \| JP¥ 5870] Book number: 000686 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, COLIN Sir Glyn Jones. A Proconsul in Africa London, I.B.Tauris. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860644619) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. British rule in the Central Africa protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland covered little more than seven decades, and at the time of independence in 1964 there were a few officers who had served in their administrations for nealry half that period. Glyn Jones was one of them. This book sets out, by studying Jones's life, in the first part to examine a fairly typical successful colonial adminstrative service career and, in the second part, to examine an unusually successful and remarkable continuation of that career. With three maps and sixteen illustrations. 352 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine and front cover. Cover corners a little bumped. Two small marks on back cover. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 32.30 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.65 \| JP¥ 4740] Book number: 000685 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, ANNE AND SIR RONALD IVELAW-CHAPMAN Wings Over Kabul: The First Airlift London, William Kimber. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718301846) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The story of the evacuation of Kabul in 1928-29, the first major airlift in history. Edges of blue cloth covers are faded. Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 004060 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.

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	Blackfriars Past and Present London, Continental Illinois Corporation. 1978. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. A history of Blackfirars published to commemorate the arrival there of Continental Illinois Corporation - the bank that was 'too big to fail'. Did of course, in 1984. Not many lessons learnt from that then. However, a nice short history of the area, 35pp. Covers a little creased and soiled. Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 004333 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The British Heritage. The People, Their Crafts and Achievements as Recorded in Their Buildings and on the Face of the Countryside. London, Odhams Press Limited. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The purpose of this book is to show how the British way of life is a compound of ingredients derived from the cultures of many races and many peoples, and how in art, in architecture and the planning of towns and villages, even in the very pattern of rural life, the debt which the present owes to the past is immense and almost incalculable. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 002026 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds Borough Council. 1973. Hard Cover, 250mm Tall. Official guide to Bury St. Edmunds. 151pp. Illustrations and advertisements. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 004695 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Crowning the King: The History, Symbolism and Meaning of the Coronation Ceremony London and Manchester, Allied Newspapers Limited. Hard Cover, 245mm Tall. Numerous illustrations. Not dated. 256 pages. Foxing on pastedowns. Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004663 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Documents and Materials Relating to the Eve of the Second World War. Volume I November 1937-1938 Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1948. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. From the archives of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fading to spine and top of covers. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 002090 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Germany London, The Sunday Times. 1963. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. An excellent introduction to Germany and its people. Revised English edition. 176pp. Water stains on lower right corners of pages. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002645 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	India London, The Sunday Times. 1963. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. An excellent introduction to India and its people. Revised English edition. 160pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.75 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 17.86 \| JP¥ 1577] Book number: 002644 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Indian Heritage: Court Life & Arts Under Mughal Rule London, Victoria and Albert Musuem. 1982. (ISBN: 0905209206) Soft Cover, 270mm Tall. Exhibition catalogue, well illustrated some in colour. 176 pages. Fine. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 004524 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Jewellery Studies Volume 3 Society of Jewellery Historians. 1989, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 99 pages. Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 004422 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Let Us Live in Peace and Friendship Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1959. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Visit of Nikita Khrushchov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to the United States in September 1959. 405pp. 30 photographs in section at the end. Covers have light foxing at top front and some browning overall. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.80 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.63 \| JP¥ 851] Book number: 000086 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Pick of "Punch" An Annual Selection London, Chatto and Windus. 1939. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Articles, verse, cartoons and drawings selected from the issues of Punch appearing between 1st July 1938 and 30th June 1939. 248pp. Covers a little soiled and shelfworn. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002726 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book. Photographs from My Camera London, The Daily Telegraph. 1908, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Covers have numerous heavy fingermarks and soiling. Good/No Jacket. GBP 24.30 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 40.36 \| JP¥ 3566] Book number: 000729 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial. A Provisional Guide London, Trustees of the British Museum. 1947, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. A preliminary account of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial written by Mr R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford, Assistant Keeper in the Department of British Antiquities. Spine has two tears along edges; browning to covers. Very Good. GBP 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.2 \| JP¥ 1167] Book number: 001904 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	Syon House. The Story of a Great House with a Short Guide for Visitors Syon House Estate. 1950. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. With 4 plates and 2 endpaper maps in colour. 22 illustrations in monochrome. 47pp. Wear to cover edges, top/tail of spine. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 002586 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ADAMS, GEORGE BURTON The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) Vol II London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Some browning to pastedowns, and some foxing on following six pages. Wear to top/tail of spine and corners bumped. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.30 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 17.11 \| JP¥ 1511] Book number: 000579 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ADAMS, W. H. DAVENPORT The Land of the Nile; or, Egypt Past and Present London, T. Nelson and Sons. 1872. Decorative Boards, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. With one hundred engravings. 338 pages. Gilt title and decoration on spine, black and gilt decoration on front cover. Foxing on title page, free endpapers and frontispiece, also on page edges; school presentation label of 1873 on front free endpaper; cover corners a little bumped and worn as is top/tail of spine. Very Good. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 001654 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ALFORD, ALAN F. Gods of the New Millenium : Scientific Proof of Flesh and Blood Gods Walsall, Eridu Books. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0952799405) Hard Cover, 250mm Tall. 'A comprehensive and irrefutable proof of the flesh-and-blood gods who created us'. 467 pages. Dedication from author on front free endpaper. Dust jacket with only slight shelfwear. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 77.75 US$ 116.27 \| JP¥ 10272] Book number: 004492 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ALPERS, ANTONY A Book of Dolphins London, John Murray. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Thorn, Erik. Starts with the Dolphin tales of the Greeks and Romans; then with description of the dolphin today; Polynesian legends, and the true story of a famous dolphin Pelorus Jack. Dust jacket not price clipped, has creases at top of spine. Inscription by previous owner on front free. Fine/Very Good. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000104 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ANDREW, DONNA T. AND RANDALL MCGOWEN The Perreaus and Mrs Rudd: Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0520220625) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. A true-crime story of forgery, deceit and ambition that had all London and its press talking in 1775. 16 pages of illustrations. 346pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 27.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 US$ 44.85 \| JP¥ 3962] Book number: 003517 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ANDRONICOS, MANOLIS Delphi Athens, Ekdotike Athenon. 1985. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 80pp. Delphi is part of a series of editions presenting the treasures in the museums of Greece and introducing the history of Greek art. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 003955 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ATTERIDGE, A. HILLIARD Marshal Murat: Marshal of France and King of Naples London, Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hard Cover, 190mm Tall. Not dated. 383 pages. Front free endpaper crudely cut out. Fading to spine, General shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Fair/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004633 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAINES, J. MANWARING Historic Hastings Hastings, F. J. Parsons Ltd. 1955. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by author copy No 363 of limited edtion of 500. 433pp. Light foxing to page edges. Previous owners small label on front pastedown. Heavy book. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.73 \| JP¥ 7044] Book number: 003465 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, COLIN Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus London, I.B.Tauris. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860642233) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Roy Armitage's service in the colonies spanned a remarkabel periods of change. It covered half the interwar years, including the depression and the rise of fascism. It covered the deprivations and worries of the Second World War. It encompassed the early postwar period with colonial emphasis on economic development, and the ealry stirrings of nationalist political advance. It spanned, also, the 1950s and early 1960s as those stirrings became turbulent and as Britain's retreat from empire became clearer and its pace quickened. With five maps and eight plates. 414 pages. Three small marks on front cover. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 \| JP¥ 5870] Book number: 000686 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, COLIN Sir Glyn Jones. A Proconsul in Africa London, I.B.Tauris. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860644619) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. British rule in the Central Africa protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland covered little more than seven decades, and at the time of independence in 1964 there were a few officers who had served in their administrations for nealry half that period. Glyn Jones was one of them. This book sets out, by studying Jones's life, in the first part to examine a fairly typical successful colonial adminstrative service career and, in the second part, to examine an unusually successful and remarkable continuation of that career. With three maps and sixteen illustrations. 352 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine and front cover. Cover corners a little bumped. Two small marks on back cover. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 32.30 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.65 \| JP¥ 4740] Book number: 000685 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BAKER, ANNE AND SIR RONALD IVELAW-CHAPMAN Wings Over Kabul: The First Airlift London, William Kimber. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718301846) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The story of the evacuation of Kabul in 1928-29, the first major airlift in history. Edges of blue cloth covers are faded. Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 004060 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.