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Cassell. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Cassell,2003.First UK edition-first printing.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small scratch on the cover) with Dj(a couple of scratches,small nicks and creases on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with many b/w photos,maps,drawings.Nice and clean pages but with two small marks and ink marks on the outer edges,a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.639pp including List of maps and battle plans,appendices I to V,notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Please note: This is very heavy book (approx 1.5 Kg).

Harperpress. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. New/New. Mint condition.HarperPress,2006.First edition-first printing.Tan hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.340pp including Notes,select bibliography,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: This is an authoritative and entertaining account of the earliest ambassadors, who were at once diplomats, explorers and chroniclers of exotic civilisations. In this book of extraordinary journeys and epochal encounters, Jonathan Wright traces the ambassadors' story from Ancient Greece and Ashoka's empire in India to the European Enlightenment and the birth of the nation state. He shows us Byzantine envoys dining with Attila the Hun, thirteenth-century monks journeying from Flanders to the Asian steppe, and Tudor ambassadors grappling with the chaos of Reformation. He examines the… Read More

Granada Publishing. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Granada Publishing,1977.First UK edition-first impression.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small dents on the edges of the cover) with protected Dj cover(a couple of small nicks,crease and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks and slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges,small nicks and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.464pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.

Headline Hardbacks. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Headline,2000.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.283pp including index.Price un-clipped.

John Murray Publishers. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. New/New. Mint condition.John Murray,2003.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.The book is new with a small nick on the edge of the pages.437pp including List of illustrations,foreword,appendix,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book. This is another paragraph Product Description: Today global communism seems just a terrible historical memory, an expressionist nightmare as horrific as Nazism and the Holocaust, or the slaughter in World War I. Was it only just over a decade ago that stone-faced old men were still presiding over workers' paradises in the name of the people while hundreds of millions endured grinding poverty under a system of mind-controlling servitude which did not hesitate to murder and imprison whole populations in the cause of progress? Or… Read More

HarperCollins. First edition-first printing. Paperback. Near fine. Near fine condition.HarperCollins,1991.First edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Large format paperback(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine)in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges,a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.405pp including List of illustrations,bibliography.Heavy book.A collectable first edition.

Profile Books. First edition-first printing. Paperback. Fine. Signed by Philip Hoare. Fine condition.Profile Books,2007.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).The book is Signed on the half-title page by Philip Hoare, the author of Spike Island.Large format paperback(two small scratches,nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in fine condition.Illustrated with many colour,b/w photos,drawings,diagrams.The book is new with two small nicks on the edge of the pages.234pp including Foreword by Sebastian Faulks,text references,illustration references,links and further information,further reading.Heavy book.Signed book.

BCA. BCA edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.BCA edition by arrangement with William Heinemann,1983.First BCA edition.Dark brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice and clean book.1322pp including List of maps,list of illustrations,index.Heavy book(approx. 1.5 Kg).BCA ediition.

Pimlico. First paperback edition-6th printing. Paperback. Near fine. Near fine condition.Hutchinson/Pimlico,1999.First paperback edition-6th printing(6 8 10 9 7).Large format paperback(two creases and small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of creases on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.506pp including List of maps,list of illustrations,notes,bibliography,index.Heavy book.

BBC Books. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Near fine/VGC.Channel 4 Books,2001.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,crease and small nick on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition,with Dj(a couple of creases,small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover) in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps,cartoons.Nice and clean pages as new with a couple creases on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover.288pp including Chronology of events,bibliography,index,list of maps.Price un-clipped.

BBC Books. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Fine/Near fine.BBC Books,2001.First UK edition-first printing.Large format black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(two small nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos,drawings,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the half-title page,small crease on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.544pp including select Bibliography and index.Price un-clipped.Please note:This is very heavy book(approx. 1.8 Kg).A collectable first edition.

Simon & Schuster. First UK edition-2nd printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.Simon & Schuster,2008.First UK edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Grey hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.The book is new with a small tear and a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages.566pp including Afterword,notes,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book.

Element Books. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC plus.Element Books,2000.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the cover) with Dj(a couple of nicks,creases and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC plus.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages with a small nick on the outer edges,two small creases on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.308pp including List of illustrations,appendices 1 to 4,select bibliography,notes,glossary of personal names,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.

W. W. Norton & Company. First edition-first printing. Paperback. Very good. VGC.W. W. Norton & Co,2007.First edition-first printing(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0).Large format paperback(a couple of nicks and scratches on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages but with some damp damage on the edges of the pages,small ink marks on the outer edges of the pages.The book is in VGC except for the damp damage.670pp including Notes,abbreviations,index.A collectable first edition.Heavy book (approx 1.2 Kg).

The Overlook Press. First US edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC plus.The Overlook Press,2000.First US edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Grey hardback with green borders(silver lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC plus.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages as new but with a black marker mark on the outer edge of the pages,small crease and nick on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.Nice and clean book except for the marker mark.410pp including List of illustrations,postscript,appendices I to IV,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.

Oxford University Press. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.Oxford University Press,2003.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Dark brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small nicks,crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated inside the front and back cover,colour plans,b/w photos.The book is new with light shelf wear.277pp including List of illustrations,bibliography and further reading,index.a collectable first edition.

Sidgwick & Jackson. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Fine/Near fine.Sidwick & Jackson,2003.First edition-first printing of this Revised,Expanded and Updated Edition(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small scratch on the edge of the cover) in fine condition, with Dj(two small creases,nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photographs.Nice and clean pages as new with a couple ink marks on the outer edges,small crease and nick on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.692pp including Source notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book(approx 1.2 Kg).

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. New/As new. Mint condition.Weidenfeld and Nicolson,2003.First UK edition-first printing.Green hardback(blue lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos.The book is new.330pp including List of illustrations,conclusion,notes,bibliography,relevant houses open to the public,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.

Viking. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Viking,2004.First edition-first printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj cover(small nicks and scratches on the protected cover),both in VGC.Ex-Library book with stamps and stickers but in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outers edges,small pen mark inside the edge of the back cover.310pp including List of illustrations,dramatis personae,Olga Chekhova's films,references,source notes,select bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.

Headline. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Review,2003.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small crease and nick on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w map inside the front and back cover,colour photos,b/w drawings.Nice and clean pages as new but slightly tainted on the outer and edges of the pages.342pp including Endnotes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.