London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1999. Paperback. 308p. A softcover book in fine condition. A catalog for an auction of Boer War medals and memorabilia at Christie's Ryder Street Rooms on October 20-21, 1999. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. Hardcover. Minimal shelf wear to boards with small tears (less than 1") around dustjacket edges. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition with dustjacket in good condition. Blue cloth boards. 483p. A history of Oxford along with an explanation of the University system..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959. First edition. 156p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. Book is clean and tight and jacket is only mildly edgeworn and price-clipped. Account of the Thugs who comitted mass stranglings in India during the time of the British..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. 385p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Head and foot of spine are a bit faded. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket has a long closed tear on the back..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. 385p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Corners bumped. Faint dampstain around the head of the spine. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket has lightly chipped and worn edges. The..... More
London: Macmillan, 1897. Hardcover. 223p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faded; foldout map has a small tear; otherwise clean and tight. Biography of Henry Havelock, a prominent British general in India during the 1857 Mutiny. Includes foldout maps. Forbes was a popular British war correspondent..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1881. First American edition. Hardcover. 230p. Brown decorated cloth. Covers rubbed and faded. Book lacks the blank front free endpaper; the half-title page is present but worn along its edges. Remainder of text intact. A hardcover book in fair to good condition. A series of anecdotal..... More
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 354p. A tan cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corner of front free endpaper is clipped off; otherwise clean and tight. History of British activity in northwestern India. Includes three sections of black and white photographs. More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 191p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. Book is clean and tight. Dustjacket is creased and rubbed but in overall very good condition. History of the Indian Army with attention to the changes in regiments toward..... More
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 328p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Book has light edgewear and dustjacket has a few smudges plus a price-clipped flap; otherwise in excellent condition. Account of the following Victorian-era British military campaigns: The Sikh Wars; the..... More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1984. First edition. 140p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. Book is clean and tight and dustjacket has only light smudges. Biography of an important member of the British government in India. Includes black and white photographs. More
London: Privately Published, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 446p, maps, plates. Thick quarto. Green decorated cloth. Front hinge starting else in very good condition. Comprehensive regimental history of the decorated Highland regiment. Includes service at New Orleans during the War of 1812; at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny;..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1981. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 256p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. The spine is slightly cockeyed. Owner signatures on front free endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is essentially pristine. A portrait of the British..... More
NY: McGraw Hill, 1954. 4th printing. Hardcover. 287p; plates. A hardcover book in a lightly edgeworn dustjacket. Very good condition. Classic history of the Charge of the Light Brigade. More
NY: Scribners, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. 448p. A brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover is stained; contains former owner's inscription; otherwise clean and tight. Memoirs of the Dutch author's experiences with the English in South Africa. Includes a map in an envelope attached to back endpaper. More
London: Macmillan, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. 207p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Covers worn; spine faded; 1-in. wide stripe of fading along top of back cover; otherwise clean and tight. Inscribed by the author. More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. 1st One-Volume Edition. Hardcover. 471p plus catalogue in back. 1st one-vol. ed. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine tanned and cover stained. Edges heavily rubbed and starting to fray. Corners bumped. Both hinges cracked. However, the binding is secure despite the..... More
East Ardsley, UK: EP Publishing Ltd., 1978. Hardcover. A clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Light fading and shelf wear to dustjacket, which is otherwise in good condition. 296p + xxi. A natural, political, and cultural history of the county Cambridgeshire in..... More
Hamden: Archon Books, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. 88p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. Book is clean and tight. Dustjacket has lightly rubbed edges and a crease on back. Overall in excellent condition. Journal of a British officer that gives an account..... More
NY: Hippocrene Books, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 96p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in near-fine condition. Book is pristine and dustjacket has a faded spine; otherwise in excellent condition. Collection of captioned black and white photographs depicting the experiences of the British Army during the Empire's..... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. 296p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat inscription inside the front cover. Vol. I only (of two). More
New York: Atheneum, 1981. First American Edition. Hardcover. 188p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Edge of p. 19 lightly worn. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket has minute edgewear and a faintly sunned spine. Otherwise in excellent condition. A history of Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt..... More
East Sussex: Wayland, 1987. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 2nd ed. 128p. A hardcover book in fine condition. History of British India starting in the early days of the East India Company and ending with Ghandi and the movement for indpendence from Britain. Contains black and white illustrations and photographs. Volume in..... More
NY: Walker & Company, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. 436p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Account of the uprising of the Chinese against foreign ministers witha special focus on the human experience of the sieges drawn from the writings of those who were there. Includes..... More
Poole: Blandford Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 130p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a dustjacket in fine condition. Cover is slightly warped but otherwise book is clean and tight. Dustjacket is pristine. Descriptions of the changes in British weaponry in the 19th century. Includes black and white illustrations..... More