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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 187 pp. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 96pp, illustrated throughout in colour. Pictorial light card covers. 8vo. Very light wear to covers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Compliments slip signed by author loseley laid-in.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the biography of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, the turbulent life of the first woman to rule England and the cruel fate of those who opposed her iron will. There is reader wear to the books extremities and corners, and indents on the front panel. A tight copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. When the Boer Republic invaded Natal on the north-east coast of what is now South Africa in 1899, they could have been driven out with nominal casualties. Instead, Britain was to loose nearly 9,000 men killed in action, more than 13,000 to disease and a further 75,000 wounded and sick invalided back to Britain. The British forces did not have the training to deal with this new form of warfare. The soft covers are good and square, the page block as light marking to the fore-edge but is otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow. This fascinating and elusive woman is shrouded in controversy and unanswered questions the author reassesses the long standing myths about Anne's role, her health, and marriages, to present a new view of the Kingmaker's daughter.The front black board has a couple of small bumps to its top edge and the dust jacket has rippling to its edges and corners, the text block is square, crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. El Alamein was the battle that defined the Afrika Corps and the British 8th Army, the legendary ' Desert Rats '. This is the story of Al Alamein and the British soldiers who fought in it. The black boards have small bumps to the lower corners, and the text block are both crisp, clean and tight.The dust jacket is also crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission made history, this book tells the epic story of the astronauts, flight controllers and engineers that made it happen. The black boards, text block and dust jacket are crisp, clean and square.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. One of an edition limited to 750 copies. 126pp, illustrated throughout mainly in black and white. Pictorial light card covers. Signed by the author on a paper slip pasted to the half-title page. 8vo. Very light wear to covers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.