New York: Beaufort Books, 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. 180p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More
London: Marcus Ward, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 468p; illus. Blue decorated cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Text clean and unmarked. Covers the Surrey's service in the English Civil War. More
NY: Random House, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 329p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Account of the British army's failure to conquer Afghanistan at the height of the so-called Great Game between Britain and Russia. Includes black and white plates. More
New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 303p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Bottom edge a bit faded. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly foxed and rubbed, but fully intact. The story fo the Charge..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 248p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Illustrated with two sections of black and white plates. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Hardcover. 576p; 500p; 451p; 519p. Set of four hardcover books in very good condition. Light wear to boards. Stamps on free endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise cleand and tight. Undated and likely from the 1880's. Ten books are included within the four volumes: Early England..... More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001. Paperback. 95p. A softcover book in fine condition. From Osprey's ESSENTIAL HISTORIES series. Contains many illustrations. More
London: Constable, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 283p. A new, unread hardcover book in dustjacket. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 314p. A green gilt cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Cloth minutely rubbed and endpapers lightly tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. An account of Lord Frederick Roberts and the Boer War. The author was a war correspondent for the DAILY..... More
London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 139p. A hardcover book in good condition with a like dustjacket. Front cover is creased from being bent, but the panel itself is not fully cracked. Much smaller crack on top edge of back cover. Pages clean and binding tight. The jacket..... More
Washington: Counterpoint, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 646p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Account of the rivalry that began between Britain and Russia for control over parts of Asia and how their quest for empire-building helped uncover the cultural richness of those areas to Western eyes..... More
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 475p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Inscription on first blank page. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly edgeworn, but intact and glossy. Contains black and white photographs. More
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Hardcover. 722p. Formers owners gift inscription else a hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Examines the reasons for Britain's relative benevolence in its rule over India with resepct to its desire to preserve the Raj. More
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 704p. A green cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside, but otherwise practically like new. Contains three sections of black and white illustrations. More
London: Leo Cooper, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 248p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. History of the evolution of the British Army through the lens of a particular elite group of officers dubbed the Ashanti Ring. Includes black and white illustrations. More
London: The Bodley Head, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 192p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly scuffed on edges and price-clipped but otherwise in excellent condition. Biography of British general Henry Havelock and the account of his role in the Indian..... More
NY: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. Hardcover. 597p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Light wear to spine ends; unmarked save for former owner's signature. One volume edition of Roberts' memoirs of his service in India. Includes foldout maps and black and white plates. Lacks the folding map..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 77p. A white cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover is lightly soiled; text clean and binding tight. Introduction by Lord Sydenham of Combe about British dominion over India followed by an assortment of speeches from British officials and extracts from..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. Hardcover. 191p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's bookplate inside the front cover. A selection of Lord Curzon's travel memoirs. Filled with black and white photographs. More
Newton Abbot: Victorian (& Modern History) Book Club, 1972. Book Club edition. Hardcover. Book Club ed. 283p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Pages a bit wrinkled and spine very slightly cocked; otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket has scuffed edges and a faded spine but..... More
Washington: Embassy of Pakistan, ca. 1960s. Hardcover. 110p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Book has pen note at bottom of p. 15 and a 1-in. closed tear on p. 105 but is otherwise pristine. Dustjacket surface lightly rubbed but otherwise in excellent condition. Collection..... More
London: John Murray, 1971. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 150p. Ex-library copy of a hardcover book and its dustjacket, both in very good condition. Contains the usual library stamps and markings. Edges of cover are faded. Front free endpaper torn out. Otherwise clean and tight. Library sticker on the dustjacket's spine. Edges..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. 313p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Cover and edges of text block are lightly foxed. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is edgeworn and lightly foxed, but overall intact and in very good..... More
NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. 235p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Account of the struggle between Egyptians and the Mahdi-led rebels over which Egypt ruled. Includes black and white illustrations and photographs. More
New York: Atheneum, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 247p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in near-fine condition. The book is clean and tight, and the cover is in excellent condition apart from mildly bumped corners. The dustjacket is mildly creased on the corners, but is in fine..... More