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Despite its title, the Naval and Military Press is not only about wars and warfare. We also stock a wide range of non-military titles ranging from political biographies, journeys of exploration, genealogical research and technological manuals. If you are interested in history in its widest sense, why not check through our every-expanding list, we might well have just the book for you.
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A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION SENT BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855, with notices of the country, government, and people
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A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION SENT BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855, with notices of the country, government, and people
Product Code: 9212

Richly illustrated narrative by Henry Yule of a mission to the King of Ava. In his capacity as secretary to the British envoy, Major Arthur Phayre, Yule describes the journey, architecture and people in fascinating detail.

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island; with an appendix containing charts, and various hydrographical and scientific notes
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island; with an appendix containing charts, and various hydrographical and scientific notes
Product Code: 9773

A charming description of an 1816 expedition to Korea and Loo-CHoo island with colour illustrations of the islanders that created a sensation when first published.

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ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF THE TESHOO LAMA IN TIBET; containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and a part of Tibet
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ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF THE TESHOO LAMA IN TIBET; containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and a part of Tibet
Product Code: 9211

In 1774 the Teshoo Lama, Regent of Tibet and Guardian to the infant Dalai Lama, received a deputation from the Governor of Bengal, headed by Mr George Bogle, with whom the Teshoo Lama was much taken. This warm relationship led in 1779 to an invitation from the Teshoo Lama to join him in Pekin whe...

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ALBERT GLEIZES
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ALBERT GLEIZES
Product Code: 8414

Albert Gleizes was at the centre of the public scandal over Cubism that broke out in Paris in 1911 and his painting is accompanied by a large body of theoretical work.This text follows his argument as it evolves, drawing on analysis of works of art, his published and unpublished writings.

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Albert N'yanza, great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the nile sources
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Albert N'yanza, great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the nile sources
Product Code: 9764

In 1863 Samuel White Baker, accompanied by his wife, discovered Albert N'Yanza, which he named after the Queen's late Consort. These two volumes describe his numerous adventures and as he says himself; 'Having thus completed the work after nearly five years passed in Africa, there still remains a...

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ALL THE QUEENS MEN: The World of Elizabeth I
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ALL THE QUEENS MEN: The World of Elizabeth I
Product Code: 10890

Study of the glittering Elizabethan age through the jostling circle of brilliant male courtiers who surrounded the queen and vied for her capricious favour/.

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AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS AND PAINTINGS
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AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS AND PAINTINGS
Product Code: 8633

This extensively illustrated volume documents the Bayou Bend collection in Houston of art and antiques, which chronicles America’a tastes and styles from colonial times to the victorian era. Included are over 1,100 examples of paintings, decorative arts and furniture which features important high...

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ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON
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ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON
Product Code: 9216

On the afternoon of Sunday 11th July 1897 Salomon-Auguste Andree and two companions left the port of Virgo, Spitzbergen in a balloon heading for the North Pole. They were not seen again until the summer of 1930. This detailed account of the preparations and departure of the epic flight by two me...

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Arctic explorations in the years 1853,’54,’55: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
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Arctic explorations in the years 1853,’54,’55: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
Product Code: 9778

Following an earlier attempt on which he served as medical officer, these two volumes chart Elisha Kent Kane's second expedition, which he this time headed, to search for Sir John Franklin. Kane was an American Navy surgeon whose books about his various travels caught the imagination of the Ameri...

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ART OF THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES
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ART OF THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES
Product Code: 8415

The Guiseppe Panza Collection represents a critical assembly of the art of the 50s, 60s and 70s. This book traces Panza’s life as an art collector, illustrating a selection of the 2500 works he acquired by many of the great artists of the period.

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