Military History

Author: Ray ParkinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear to cover, pages lightly yellowed and foxed in placesOut Of The Smoke chronicles...

Author: Frances GiesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Perennial Library, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light tanning along spine, previous owner mark insideThe acclaimed historical work "The Knight In History"...

Author: R. N. L. HopkinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has light general wear to...

Author: John West, Patricia Fitzgerald Ratcliff (ed)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Signed with inscription by editorUnion Of...

Author: Peter LaskoBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the formative centuries of the Frankish...

Author: Michael WalzerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Spine has crease from general use, previous owner mark inside, light yellowing to pagesJust And...

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