DIARY
You are viewing stock in the "DIARY" category. We currently have 41 books in this category in stock.
41 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
THE DIARIES OF SANDERSON MILLER OF RADWAY
Written by Sanderson Miller; William Hawkes.
Stock no. 1829568
Published by The Dugdale Society.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Dugdale Society Vol. 41. Edited by William Hawkes. Saunderson Miller (1716-80) was a gentleman architect, an amateur pioneer of significance in the development of the Gothic Revival during its delightful and inventive Georgian period. This volume contains the fully annotated text of Miller's diaries of 1750-1756, a self-revelatory Memoir he wrote fo his friend, James Menteath, and a catalogue of his architectural and landscape work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 449 pages including index. ISBN: 0852200846. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a vertical score to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WARWICKSHIRE
- DIARY
- GEORGIAN
- ARCHITECTURE
THE BERLIN DIARIES 1940-1945 OF MARIE 'MISSIE' VASSILTCHIKOV
Written by Marie Vassiltchikov; George Vassiltchikov; Christabel Bielenberg.
Stock no. 1829336
Published by Folio Society.
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Edited and with a foreword by George Vassiltchikov and with an introduction by Christabel Bielenberg. Vivid red and black abstract patterned cloth. B/w photos. xix and 296 pages including index. Third printing. Light pencil erasure mark to half-title page. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- WORLD WAR II
- DIARY
- BIOGRAPHY
JOURNAL OF A COUNTRY CURATE: SELECTIONS FROM THE DIARY OF FRANCIS KILVERT 1870-79
Written by Francis Kilvert; Peter Waite.
Stock no. 1829315
Published by Folio Society.
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Abridged edition. Selected and with an introduction by Peter Wait. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Map to endpapers. 338 pages. Top edge brown. Second impression. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has browned to edges and is rubbed top & tail of open edge (VG).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- WALES
- DIARY
THE BOTANIST. THE BOTANICAL DIARY OF ELEANOR VACHELL (1879-1948)
Written by Eleanor Vachell; Michelle Forty; Tim Rich.
Stock no. 1828966
Published by National Museum of Wales.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist of independent private means. This diary predominantly tells the story fo her botanical adventures with her friends during her quest to paint every British plant in the wild. Transcribed and edited from the original diary by Michelle Forty and Tim Rich. Large format. Cardwraps. 227 pages including index. ISBN: 0720005655. Laminate starting to peel back from vertical edge of front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers and contetns lightly bowed. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- DIARY
THE COMPLETE DIARY OF A COTSWOLD LADY VOLUME ONE THE LADY OF RODBOROUGH
Written by Agnes Witts.
Stock no. 1328429
Published by Amberley.
1st
2008.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Introduction and diaries covering the period 1788-1793. Colour and b/w illustrations. Red boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 9781848680104. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- COTSWOLDS
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AN ELIZABETHAN LADY: THE DIARY OF LADY MARGARET HOBY 1599-1605
Written by Joanna Moody.
Stock no. 1327713
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st thus
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
Cardwraps. Tudor life in England. ISBN: 0750927976. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- ELIZABETHAN
- DIARY
BLOOD, DUST AND SNOW
Written by Friedrich Sander; Robin Schafer.
Stock no. 1826203
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2022.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front 1938-1943. Edited and translated by Robin Schafer. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781784388300. Front endpaper has vertical crease at spine edge (produced during binding). Minor red biro mark to text block. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and is scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
- DIARY
KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Written by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer.
Stock no. 1325314
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd..
1st thus
1986.
Very good condition.
Life in the English Countryside in Mid-Victorian Times. An Illustrated Selection Edited and Introduced by William Plomer. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and elaborate onlay to front. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0712693978. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY
KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Written by Francis Kilvert.
Stock no. 2140724
Published by Guild Publishing.
1986.
Very good condition.
Red cloth with pictorial onlay and elaborate decoration to front cover. Colour illustrations. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning with a few foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY
WINGS OF WAR: AN AIRMAN'S DIARY OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR ONE
Written by Rudolf Stark.
Stock no. 1823953
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
1st
1933.
Almost very good condition.
A classic aviation memoir of the First World War - as seen from the German viewpoint, and therefore presenting a totally different and little-appreciated story. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned and marked, shelf-worn at top and tail. Corners of boards lightly worn. Spine is cocked. Text block browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. A few foxspots and margin marks present.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- AVIATION
- DIARY
- BIOGRAPHY
WORLD WAR ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PIONEER: THE STORY AND DIARIES OF CAPTAIN J M MCCLEERY RNAS/RAF
Written by Guy Warner.
Stock no. 2139986
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848842557. Page browning.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- AVIATION
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY
JOURNAL OF A COUNTRY CURATE: SELECTIONS FROM THE DIARY OF FRANCIS KILVERT 1870-79
Written by Francis Kilvert; Peter Waite.
Stock no. 2138387
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Abridged edition. Selected and with an introduction by Peter Wait. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Map to endpapers. 338 pages. Top edge brown. Some light page browning. Slip case is almost very good - start of splitting along one edge; some fading to edges.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- WALES
- DIARY