Castaneda, Carlos

Tales of Power

VGC. Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. First UK edition-first impression. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, previous owner's inscription written inside the first blank page of the book, small crease and nick on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 316pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780340200889

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Book number: 8427

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780340200889

Caulfield, Annie

The Winners' Enclosure

VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, crease/nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with colour photograph inside the front and back cover, b/w map. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, a couple of foxing marks inside the front and back cover. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. 342pp including index. Price un-clipped. Product Description: A comical and idiosyncratic account of the author's quest to find her Irish family connections in Australia, where she encounters a wide range of bizarre characters. The result is a snapshot of modern Australia which also sheds light on a past that has its contradictions and complexities. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780684840659

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Book number: 2921

Catalogue: History : Australia & Oceania

Keywords: ' 9780684840659

CBE, Professor Simon Schama

A History of Britain III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000

Fine/Near fine. BBC Books, 2002. First UK edition-second reprint. Large format black hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) in fine condition, with Dj(two small nicks, scratches and crease on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 576pp including Bibliography and index. Price un-clipped. Please note:This is very heavy book(approx. 1. 8 Kg). Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780563534570

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Book number: 9545

Catalogue: History

Keywords: : 1776 2000 9780563534570

Herzog (Chaim)

The Arab-Israeli Wars

Near fine/VGC plus. BCA by arrangement with Arms and Armour Press, 1982. Book club edition. Red hardback(gilt letteting to the spine, small dent on the edge of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(small creases, nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC plus. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, maps, diagrams. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges, two small creases and nick on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 368pp including List of maps, select bibliography, index. Heavy book(approx 1. 1 Kg). Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 7161

Catalogue: History : Social History

Keywords: () Arab Israeli

Chalfont, Alun

Montgomery of Alamein

VGC. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. First edition. The book is accompanied with an old photo of Montgomery of Alamein, with a message and his printed signature. Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover, a couple of nicks, creases and scratch on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks, nick and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small ink mark on the edge of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. Price un-clipped. 375pp including list of illustrations, maps, selected bibliography and index, A collectable first edition. Review: A timely and judicious biography of Bernard Montgomery, the British WW II commander, written without recourse to Monty's private papers but providing astute appraisals of the man's character and his modus operandi. The battle descriptions per se are least notable: Chalfont points out the material superiority of the British in North Africa and Montgomery's failure to destroy Rommel as the Germans retreated, while the Overlord invasion of occupied Europe is discussed chiefly by way of the bickerings within the Allied command. Full due is given to the troops' affectionate respect for the otherwise loutish general; after his WW I experiences, Chalfont suggests, Montgomery was determined to waste no manpower and to imbue the lower ranks with full understanding of each operation. Montgomery's exceptional grasp of modern logistics and technology is also stressed, though not elaborated. Chalfont further denies that Monty was overcautious or inflexible in war; and after all, he never lost a battle from North Africa on. Monty's psychological history is elaborated with relish (the book caused something of a sensation in Britain, where it was generally thought harsh but just). After a straitened Fundamentalist boyhood spent at war with his mother, he was disgraced at Sandhurst for his exceptional sadism. Along with a late and devoted marriage ended by the shattering death of his wife, he preserved a certain epicene quality and austere love of young men. Impregnably self-righteous, he was also surpassingly skilled and dedicated: Chalfont conveys all these dimensions in a disarming, convincing fashion. (Kirkus Reviews). Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780297770817

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Book number: 1595

Catalogue: History : Europe

Keywords: 9780297770817

Chalk, Gary

Saints!: Complete Record of Southampton Football Club, 1885-1987

Fine/Near fine. Breedon Books, 1987. First UK edition-first impression. Large format red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in fine condition, with Dj(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with many b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 320pp including Statistical summary. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Please note: This is oversized and heavy book(1. 4 Kg). Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780907969228

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Book number: 7391

Catalogue: History

Keywords: !: 1885 1987 9780907969228

Christiansen, Rupert

The Visitors: Culture Shock in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Near fine condition. Chatto and Windus, 2000. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings. Nice and clean pages as new but with an inscription insise the edge of the front endpaper, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 276pp including List of illustrations, bibliography, index. Price clipped. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9781856197854

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Book number: 4505

Catalogue: History : England

Keywords: victorian era First UK edition first impression : Nineteenth Century 9781856197854

Churchill, Winston S.

A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume II: The New World

VGC. Cassell, 1977. Fifth edition-6th impression. Volume II. Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small tear, a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark on the outer edges, small mark on the edges of page 165. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover(slightly yellow). 348pp including List of maps and genealogical table, index. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 8734

Catalogue: History : Social History

Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: Their Finest Hour (Volume II)

GC plus. Cassell and Co, 1949. First UK edition-first impression. Volume II. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, a couple of dents and small nicks on the cover and spine) with Dj (some tears, chipped, nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in GC plus. Illustrated with b/w maps, colour, b/w drawings, tables. Nice and clean pages with some foxing marks and ink marks on the outer edges, small foxing marks and creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in GC for its age but with some shelf wear on the Dj cover(foxing marks and yellow inside the edges of the Dj cover). 670pp including List of maps and diagrams, appendices A to R, index. Price un-clipped. Volume I, III to V also available. A collectable first edition. Heavy book(approx 1 Kg). Good/Good.

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Book number: 10174

Catalogue: History : Military

Keywords: : : ( )

Randolph S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill, Companion Volume I, Part 1(1874-1896) & Part 2(1896-1900)

VGC. Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Companion Vol. I including, Part 1(1874-1896) Part 2(1896-1900). Red hardbacks(gilt lettering to the spine's, small nicks & scratches on the covers) with Dj covers(very small tear, some nicks, creases & scratches on the Dj covers), both in VGC. Nice & clean pages with small foxing & ink marks on the outer edges, a couple of creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages(slightly yellow). The books are in VGC for it's age with light shelf wear. 1305pp including Short Biographies, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. Heavy books(approx. 2. 3 kg). Book Description:Randolph Churchill's definitive biography of his further is based on documents which are reserved exclusively for this work. Almost every form of the written and printed word is used; letters, schoolmasters' reports, passages from books, cables, wine-merchants' bills, telegrams, extracts from newspaper and magazine articles, and more letters. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3249

Catalogue: History : England

Keywords: 11874 ) & 2(1896 1900)

Randolph S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill, Companion Volume I, Part 2, 1896-1900

VGC. Heinemann, London 1967. First UK edition-first printing. Note:This is Part 2 of a 2 part companion to volume I. Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small mark on the edge of the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice & clean pages with two ink marks on the outer edges, small mark and ink mark on the first blank page of the book, owner's sticker & name written inside the front cover. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 611pp including index. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book. Part 1 of 2 also available. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3250

Catalogue: History : England

Keywords: : 2 1896 1900

Randolph S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill, Companion Volume I,Part 1, 1874-1896

VGC. Heinemann, London 1967. First UK edition-first printing. Note:This is Part 1 of a 2 part companion to volume I. Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the spine) with Dj(two small tears, creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice & clean pages with a small mark and ink mark on the outer edges, owner's sticker & name written inside the front cover, small crease on the edge of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 696pp including short biographies and index. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book. Part 2 of 2 also available. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3251

Catalogue: History : England

Keywords: : 1 1874 1896

Clancy, Tom

Airborne: a Guided Tour of An Airborne Task Force

Mint condition. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2000. First edition-3rd printing of this edition((3 5 7 9 8 6 4). Paperback(two small nicks, scratch and crease on the edges of the cover) in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, tables. The book is new with a ink mark and nick on the outer edges of the pages, small nick and crease on the edges of the pages. 336pp including Glossary, bibliography. Product Description: Representing the very best from the US Army and Air Force, the Airborne Task Force is a formidable combination of manpower and firepower. Tom Clancy presents the people, the technology and the mission in the ever-changing world of the Airborne juggernaut. The book includes two Clancy mini-novels - real world scenarios involving the Airborne Task Force - as well as the details of its 21st century weapons (including Javelin anti-tank missile, the hypersonic LOSAT fire support system and the Comanche Stealth Helicopter), a look at 18 weeks in the life of an Airborne Alert Brigade, and an in-depth interview with the new commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, General John M. Keane. n nAbout the Author nTom Clancy is a household name. His ten novels, including Patriot Games, Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger, have sold in their millions throughout the world, and been the basis of some of the biggest-name movies. The first four books in this Military Library series, Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, were published by HarperCollins. As New. ISBN: 9780283072857

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Book number: 138

Catalogue: History : Military

Keywords: : 9780283072857

Clancy, Tom

Armoured Warfare: Guided Tour of an Armoured Cavalry Regiment

Fine condition. HarperCollins, 1996. First UK edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Paperback(a couple of creases, nick and a scratch on the cover and spine)in fine condition. Includes:Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams. The book is new with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges of the pages, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages. Price un-clipped. 335pp including glossary, notes and bibliography. Paperback first edition. Heavy book. Product Description: This is the second volume in the Tom Clancy Military Library, taking a look inside an armoured cavalry regiment - the technology, the strategies and the people. Clancy gives descriptions of tanks, helicopters and artillery and describes the technology behind the US army. He captures military life - from the drama of combat to the daily routine - and reveals the roles and missions that have in recent years distinguished the fighting forces. Fine. ISBN: 9780002555258

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Book number: 202

Catalogue: History : Military

Keywords: : 9780002555258

Clancy, Tom

Special Forces: A Guided Tour of an Army Special Group

Fine condition. Sidwick & Jackson, 2001. First UK paperback edition-third printing(3 5 7 9 8 6 4). Paperback(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, tables, maps. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges, some nicks and a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book as new. 382pp including Foreword, glossary, bibliography. Product Description: A close look at the training and tools, mission and mindset of the elite US Army Special Forces Group. The group members are trained to the peak of their physical and mental capabilities to be called anywhere in the world to deal with military hotspots or pitch in with disaster relief operations. The book covers recruitment and training, and a look at the weapons, communications and sensor equipment, and survival gear. There is also a mini-novel of probable scenarios. The book also includes an interview with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (and former Commander-in-Chief of the US Special Operations Command USSOCOM), General Hugh Shelton. Fine. ISBN: 9780283072871

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Book number: 2180

Catalogue: History : Military

Keywords: : 9780283072871