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VICTOR EMMANUEL II AND THE UNION OF ITALY.
London: Methuen & Co, 1927. First edition, first issue in blue cloth, 8vo.,pp. vii,245, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece and genealogical table, map to front endpapers; toning and foxing to edges of text block and lightly to margins, frontispiece and half title coming away slightly at lower inner hinge, otherwise contents firm, rubbing to extremities with slight knock to front lower corner, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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VIENNA AND THE FALL OF THE HABSBURG EMPIRE.
Total War and Everyday Life in World War I.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 8vo., pp.xv,333, paperback, 18 b/w plates, 2 b/w maps; slight crease to upper corner of rear wrapper, a fresh and near-fine copy.
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VIENNA AND VERSAILLES: THE COURTS OF EUROPE'S DYNASTIC RIVALS, 1550-1780.
Cambridge: University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.,xi, 349, pictorial paperback, b/w illustrations; a very good copy indeed.
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VIKING PANZERS.
The German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II.
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2011. 8vo., pp.viii,481, slate hardcover, gilt, b/w plates and maps; a near fine copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket which has a sticker to rear, else very good indeed.
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VIKING PIRATES AND CHRISTIAN PRINCES: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in the North Atlantic.
Oxford University Press. 8vo., pp.xiv,278, turquoise faux-leather hardcover, gilt; very slight spotting to top edges, else a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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VIKINGS IN RUSSIA: Yngvar’s Saga and Eymund’s Saga.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1990. 8vo., pp.102, paperback; a very good and clean copy.
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VIRGINIA BARON: The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax.
Berryville: Chesapeake Book Company, 1965. 8vo.,pp. ix,245, navy cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece, maps to endpapers; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed.
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VISIONS AFAR: THE JOURNAL OF RW CARR 1905-2005.
The Life and Times of a Yorkshire Railwayman as Told Through his Writings and Journals.
Sherburn-in-Elmet: Write Books, 2007. 4to., pp.xiv,205, paperback, colour illustrations; vertical crease to inner margin of front wrapper, a very good, fresh copy.
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VISIONS OF THE PEOPLE. Industrial England and the Question of Class, 1848-1914.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 8vo., pp.449, black hardcover, gilt; ownership inscription in red ink to front free endpaper, light yellowing to margins, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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VIVE LE ROI!
A History of the French Coronation From Charles V to Charles X.
Chapel Hill/London: University of North Carolina Press. 8vo., pp.xvi,310, dark grey cloth lettered in silver; slight foxing to top edges, a fresh and otherwise near-fine copy, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket which is sunned to spine/inner margins.
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Volumes 1-12: NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MAGAZINE 1911-1922; Volumes 13-37: LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MAGAZINE, 1923-1947. Plus volumes I and II of BRITISH RAILWAYS MAGAZINE North Easter Division, for 1948 and 1949.
York: Head Offices, 1911. 39 volumes, large 8vo., green pictorial cloth, gilt; 11 volumes with bookplate to front endpapers, a very good set of this very scarce regional railway magazine.
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VOYAGER FROM XANADU.
Rabban Sauma and the First Journey froM China to the West.
Tokyo/New York/London: Kodansha International, 1992. 8vo., pp.xvii,219, cloth-backed paper-covered boards, gilt, b/w illustrations; from the library of Professor Bernard Hamilton, with ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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WALTER OF HENLEY AND OTHER TREATISES ON ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING.
Oxford University Press, 1971. 8vo., pp.,xxiv,504, black hardcover, gilt, contains an appendix of extracts from several treatises on accounting; bookplate to front paste-down, light scuffing to text block, otherwise a very good copy in lightly marked and worn, price clipped dust-jacket with a few nicks at spine. In a clear protective cover.
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WAR AND GOVERNMENT IN THE FRENCH PROVINCES. Picardy 1470-1560.
Cambridge University Press, 1993. 8vo., pp.xvi,393, red hardcover lettered in black; ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper, a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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WAR AND THE MAKING OF MEDIEVAL MONASTIC CULTURE.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2011. 8vo., pp.ix,236, pictorial hardcover; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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WAR BOOKS.
A Critical Guide.
London: Peter Davies, Limited, 1930. 8vo., pp.xiv,318, red cloth lettered in black; partial sunning to cloth (mottled sunning to spine, rear board, and - slightly - to front upper and fore-margins), else very good. No dust-jacket.
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WARDENS' ACCOUNTS AND COURT MINUTE BOOKS OF THE GOLDSMITHS' MISTERY OF LONDON, 1334-1446.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003. 8vo., pp.xxxviii,630, blue hardcover, gilt; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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WARFARE IN MEDIEVAL BRABANT 1356-1406.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004. 8vo.,pp. xvi, 289, hardcover, gilt lettering, b/w maps, figures and tables; a fine copy, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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WEARING THE CLOAK.
Dressing the Soldier in Roman Times.
Oxford: Oxbow, 2012. Small 4to., pp.vii,144, pictorial glazed boards, colour and b/w illustrations; slight shelfwear, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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WEIBLICHE ELITEN IN DER FRUHGESCHICHTE: Female Elites in Photohistoric Europe.
Internationale Tagung vom 13. bis zum 14. Juni 2008 im RGZM im Rahmen Forschungsschwerpunktes.
Mainz: Verlag des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2011. 4to.,pp. vi,410, pictorial wrappers, b/w figures; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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