Alanbrooke (Foreword).

The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939 – 1945.

First Edition. [London], G. Bell and Sons for the Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, 1950. xli, 790 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Artists Impressions, photographs, maps and plates, many fold-outs. Original blue cloth with armorial gilt decorations to front board. Gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket and glassine wrapper. In sturdy card board box, as published. Very good condition. Mild staining to boards. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally, as new.

Bannerman, David A.

The Canary Islands. Their History, Natural History and Scenery. An Account of an Ornithologist’s Camping Trips to the Archipelago.

First Edition. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1922. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 365 pages. With Illustrations, photographs and Maps, some folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke on front paste down. Author’s inscription on front free end paper: ‘To Alan Brooke from his friend David Bannerman’.

Black, C.B.

Guide to Touraine & Brittany. Their Monuments, Ancient Castles and Islands in the Bay of Biscay. Ten Maps and Plans.

Eleventh Edition. London and Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1892. 17 x 11 cm. xiv, (6), pages numbered 155 to 309, 4 pages Index plus six pages publisheds list. Complete with all maps and plans as listed. Bright blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Decorated end papers. Excellent condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping, some dust dulling. A very nice copy.

Blythe, Ronald.

Places – An Anthology of Britain.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1981. 24cm x 16cm. XI, 238 pages. With 27 illustrations in black/white. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Boissonnade, P. / Power, Eileen (Translator),

Life and Work in Medieval Europe. (Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries).

First English Edition. London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1927. 24 x 15 cm, xix, 394 pages + 20 pages publisher’s list. Frontispiece and seven additional plates. Original dark blue cloth. Small gilt decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition.Boards and spine partially faded. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkening and foxing. Edges darkened and foxed. Name of previous owner on front and rear pastedown, dated 1932. Not Ex Library.

Bulwer, E.L.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine.

Frankfort o.M., Printed for Charles Juege,l 1834. 13 x 8 cm. 314 pages. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean.

Cahill, Thomas.

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter.

First edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2003. 15 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new. From the series ‘The Hinges of History’ (Book Four).

Captain Batty.

French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards.

First Edition. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. 25 x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved frontispiece vignette and titel page plus 62 full page engraved plates (of 64) with views of France. Dark green morocco with elaborate gilt decorations to spine and boards.All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine and edges age darkened. Internally dust dulled with occassional mild foxing. Some water staining.

Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Craster, O.E.

Tintern Abbey – Monmouthshire.

London, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1956. 21.2cm x 14.8cm. 24 pages. With historic illustrations and fold-out map at the end. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.