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THE FOX AND THE WHIRLWIND: GENERAL GEORGE CROOK AND GERONIMO: A PAIRED BIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Aleshire.
Stock no. 2136601
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Yellow boards with black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0471325759. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
THE MAN WHO MADE BEAMISH
Written by Frank Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322450
Published by Northern Books.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An autobiography of the man who opened the first Open Air Museum in England. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953573001. SIGNED by author with a dedication to Marilyn to title-page. Spine bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail of spine.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- NORTH EAST UK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE FLIGHT OF THE STARLING
Written by Iain Hutchison.
Stock no. 1322314
Published by Kea Publishing.
1st
1992.
Very good condition.
The flying career of pioneer Scottish aviator Captain Eric Starling. Cardwraps. 162 numbered pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 095189580X. SIGNED by author to title-page. Front joint is cracked. Covers are edge rubbed and spine is slightly faded.
THE HONOURABLE WARRIOR
Written by Thomas N. Hudson.
Stock no. 1322290
Published by Pentland Books Ltd.
1st
2001.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The career of General William Miller who fought with Wellington, San Martin and Bolivar (1795-1861). Black boards, gilt title to spine. 127 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 185821887X. SIGNED by the author to title-page.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
ROBERT SCHUMANN AND MASCOT ZIFF
Written by Opal Wheeler.
Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1322123
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1958.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Great Musicians series. Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 167 pages. Spine bumped and just a little faded at top and tail. Some slight foxing to textblock. Green and yellow pictorial wrapper is edge worn with slight loss at corners and some light grubby marks.
TURNER'S HUMAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Eric Shanes.
Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner; Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Stock no. 1322120
Published by William Heinemann Ltd..
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. 382 pages. A mass of information on the historical and artistic influences on Turner. ISBN: 0434695025. Spine slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is just a little creased at top edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART HISTORY
- WATERCOLOUR
- BIOGRAPHY
'LBSC' - HIS LIFE AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Brian Hollingsworth.
Stock no. 2136188
Published by Croesor Junction Press.
1ST
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Pictorial Appreciation and Biography of Lllian ('Curly') Lawrence of The Model Engineer. Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0860931803. Wrapper is faded to spine and two corresponding edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- MODEL RAILWAYS
- MODELS
- BIOGRAPHY
THE COPPER KING: A BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS WILLIAMS OF LLANIDAN
Written by J.R. Harris.
Stock no. 2136080
Published by Liverpool University Press.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with gilt title to spine. One of the most remarkable business men of the 18th century; the monopolist of the British copper industry at the time. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks and chips.
BLASTING & BOMBARDIERING
Written by Wyndham Lewis.
Stock no. 1822867
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1937.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The autobiography (1914 to 1926) of Wyndham Lewis: painter, novelist, satirist and controversialist. Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w plates. Boards lightly browned. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is heavily browned, marked, and lightly edge-worn, four lines of pencil writing to plain rear panel. Musty odour present.
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- BIOGRAPHY
HOWARD WINSTONE THE WELSH WIZARD
Written by Les Miles.
Stock no. 2135435
Published by Concept Associates Ltd..
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The biography of this boxer. Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899812008. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge creasing and a few marks to wrapper.
DAN GURNEY: THE ULTIMATE RACER
Written by Karl Ludvigsen.
Stock no. 1822626
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A stunning tour de force opens this new biography of Dan Gurney as Karl Ludvigsen chronicles one of the most dramatic periods of the American racer's career - the 60 days in May and June of 1967 in which he qualified on the front row at Indy and won at both Le Mans and Spa. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 1859606555. Some light crinkling to some pages through fingering (not grubby). White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and slightly grubby.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
GERONIMO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alexander B. Adams.
Stock no. 2135254
Published by New English Library.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale yellow boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. Illustrated Biography; b/w photos. ISBN: 0450016277. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY