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1421 - The Year China Discovered the World (signed 1st edition)MENZIES, GavinISBN: 0593050789Transworld Publishers/Bantam Press, London, 2002, signed, 1st edition, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg, Red/gilt boards, 520 pp, illustrated end papers, 34 maps, four diagrams and 30 colour plates. Author's signature on half-title page, no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, light rubs to top edge, small mark on inside flap, original price clipped.WORLD HISTORY, ASIA, CHINA, VOYAGES, GLOBAL EXPLORATION, CHINESE SHIPPING FLEET, 1400s44045 hb 12 WORLD HISTORY/ASIA £26.50

BIAFRA STORY The Making of an African LegendFrederick ForsythLeo Cooper, London, 2001, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg. 291 pp, Gift inscription. Not clipped. Internally clean and sound. Early non-fiction title by thriller writer Frederick Forsyth. Africa, Nigeria, Biafra, genocide, General Gowon41412 HIST world Africa £25.00

Battling Western Imperialism. Mao, Stalin and the United States (first edition)SHENG. M.MISBN: 9780691016351Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1997, 1st edition, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg, 255 pp, dark blue boards/gilt. Several sections of text in introduction underlined in pencil, sound square binding, tail of spine lightly rubbed otherwise in very good clean condition. HISTORY, CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, U.S.A, SOVIET UNION, POLITICS43537 HISTORY/CHINA £31.50

Bismark, the Hohenzollern Candidacy, the the Origins of the Franco-German War of 1870Lawrence D SteefelHarvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1962, Ist edit. hardback with wrapper, vg/vg-. 281pp, Wrapper adhered to the boards by covering of sticky-back plastic. Internally clean and sound, no inscriptions. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN HISTORY, GERMANY, FRANCE43583 HIST 19c £36.50

Borderland: .A Journey Through the History of the Ukraine
REID, Anna
ISBN: 9780753801604
Phoenix, California, 1997, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, chronology from mid 1800s, illustrated from one map and18 b/w photographs, 258 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to bottom edge, bump to back cover with diagonal crease across top fore-edge corner.A Journey Through the History of the Ukraine. HISTORY, EUROPE, UKRAINE, SLAV CIVILISATION, 10TH CENTURY, INDEPENDENCE, SOVIET UNION, THE PEOPLE, WAR, CULTURE, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HERITAGE 46151 HISTORY/EUROPE £16.50

The British in Paraguay 1850-1870Josefina PlaTranslated from Spanish by Brian Charles MacDermotThe Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., Richmond, Surrey, VG/gd., 1976 1st edition, hardback with wrapper, 277 pp, fold out map in the back, No inscriptions. Light splash mark on fep and page edges - inner pages not affected. Wrapper not clipped, rubbed on extremities, some light creasing, short tear on back. Internally clean and sound. Account of British engineer's role in the industrial development of Paraguay. South America, Paraguay, engineering, industry, railways, arsenal, iron works, ship building41520 HIST S America £37.00

The Chinese in Southeast AsiaVictor PurcellGeoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, London, 1952, 2nd imp. hardback, VG-, Black cloth boards, concave bound, 801 pp, fold out map in back, label stuck over previous owner's name on fep. Page edges lightly foxed. Very heavy - UK delivery only. HISTORY, SOUTHEAST ASIA, CHINA42720 HIST china £15.00

Chinese and Indian Strategic BehaviorGILBOY, George, J.9781107661691Cambridge University Press, New York, 2012, soft back, VG+, 346 pp. No inscriptions, square sound binding, bright clean pages, spine tail slightly rubbed, slight shelf wear on bottom edge of pages. POLITICS, CHINA, INDIA, SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND BEHAVIOUR43539 POLITICS £11.50

Communications and Power in Medieval Europe LEYSER, Karl ISBN: 9781852850132The Hambledon Press, London, 1994, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards blue/gilt, 244 pp.No inscription, book plate and annotation in pen on front free end paper, newspaper cuttings of author biography and book review fixed to front free end paper and rear end paper, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. The Carolingian and Ottonian CenturiesHISTORY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY, EARLY AND HIGH MIDDLE AGES, WARFARE, CANON LAW, KNIGHTHOOD, OTTONIANS, WESSEX, ANGLO-SAXONS, LIUDPRAND OF CREMON, GERMANY, LATIN EUROPE.45901 HISTORY/9-10 C hb74 £35.00

Convict Kingston - a guide (signed)Nan Smith0646320270Self published, Norfolk Island, Oceania, 1997, vg softback, signed by the author. Illustrated in the text from period and present day b/w photographs. Good clean sound copy. Oceania, Norfolk Island, Australia, penal colony, history41880 HIST Australia £15.00

Ediciones Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 1986 1st edition, large format softback. 395 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Vg. Small crease on lead corner. No inscriptions, very good clean and sound copy.

St. Marys-on-the-thames Historical Society 1981 1st edition, signed by the author on the title page, soft card wraps, unpaginated. 48 b/w photographs documenting many buildings which have now vanished from the landscape, early town plan. Gd. Some light creasing, bump on spine. Internally clean and sound. A history in old photographs from its founding in 1914

Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi RuleBERKHOFF, Karel C ISBN: 9780674013131Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2004, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, FINE/vg, boards three quarter bound, blue/silver gilt, dark grey endpapers, one Appendix, illustrated from 21 b/w photographs, 463 pp.Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, original price ($29.95) not clipped.HISTORY, EUROPE, UKRAINE, NAZI GERMANY, OCCUPATION, PRISONERS OF WAR, CITY LIFE, CULTURE, DEPORTATION, FORCED MIGRATIONS, ETHNIC CLEANSING45596 hb 22 HIST/EUROPE £31.50

An Historical Geography of Ireland
GRAHAM, B. J. & PROUDFOOT, L. G.
ISBN: 9780122948817
Academic Press Limited, London, 1997, large format softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from 65 figures and 42 tables, 454 pp. No inscriptions, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp.
HISTORY, IRELAND, EARLY MEDIEVAL TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS HERITAGE
HB 77 45864 HISTORY/IRELAND £21.50

History of AndrosPOLEMIS, Demetrios ISBN: 9789607709387Kaireios Library, Andros, 2016, softback with stiff card wraps, fine, three appendices, illustrated from one fold-out map depicting the island, 241 pp. Translated by Dafni Dimitriadou. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Beautiful condition.HISTORY, THE WORLD, ISLAND OF ANDROS, GEOGRAPHY, MYTHOLOGY, PRE-HISTORY TO MODERN TIMES 45334 hb 57 HISTORY/WORLD £46.50

Icelandic Manuscripts: Sagas, History, and Art
KRISSTJANSSON, Jonas (Translated by Jeffrey Cosser)
ISBN: 9789979804343
Icelandic Literary Society, Reykjavik, 1993, 1st Edition, large format, hardback with dust wrapper, NF/vg, boards grey/gilt with gilt design to front, decorated end papers, beautifully illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs of original manuscripts, 145 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscriptions, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to all edges and corners, gentle bumps to head and tail of spine.
HISTORY, WORLD, ICELAND, 1ST EDITION, MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS, NORDIC PAGAN MYTHS, CHRISTIANITY, BOOK PRODUCTION, MANUSCRIPTS
HB 76 45882 HIST/WORLD £25.00

The India of GandhiIndia Tourism Development CorporationDelhi, c1969, good, encased in line drawing decorated red boards with string tie, collection of twelve unbound thick paper pages with illustrations and text (see scan), illustrated from line drawings in b/w with orange detail/ background wash. This history of Gandhi and his life in India is an original publication produced for Department of Tourism, Government of India. No inscriptions, clean sound pages, boards subject to some small stains and soiling. Rare intact copy.Gandhi, India, history of Gandhi, biography, life of Gandhi42219 HIST/ INDIA £19.00

Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd. Toronto 1980. Soft card wraps. 72 p. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Gd. Gently rubbed along the edges. Internally sound.

The Northern Gateway : A History of Lake Champlain & Guide to Interesting Places in the Great ValleyLONERGAN, Carroll VincentC V Lonergan, 1974, SIGNED softback with stiff card wraps, VG, frontispiece in addition to 18 b/w photographs, 38 pp. Author's dedication on front free endpaper (see scan), no annotation, binding sound, pages clean and bright, rust staining from staple binding to central pages. Wraps clean and crisp, small number written in pencil on front cover (see scan).HISTORY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, FOUNDER OF QUEBEC, EASTERN CANADA, BATTLES, NATIVE AMERICANS, FRANCE AND ENGLAND, LAND OWNERSHIP42672 hb 55 HIST/AMERICA £11.50

PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ. IMAGES OF BRITISH INDIA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Charles Allen (edit)Andre Deutsch & the BBC, London, 1975, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg. 240 pp. decorated end papers, 16 pages of b/w plates. Neat inscription, clean and sound copy. 41176 WORLD HIST £11.50