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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1830914
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced by Jonathan D. Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, a few minor marks and tiny patch of surface paper loss to top edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- CHINA
THE ROARING LIONS
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330754
Published by Pelham Books.
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The 1971 British Isles Rugby Union tour of Australia and New Zealand. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 179 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720705452. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is worn and slightly torn to edges and very slightly browned to spine and spine edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SPORT
- RUGBY
RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ON TREK AGAIN
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330746
Published by Pelham Books.
1st
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The British Rugby Lions in South Africa 1968. ISBN: 0720702364. Minimal bumping to spine. Name in ink to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Endpapers lightly and partly browned. Small brown mark to edge of prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, small printed price on inside wrapper flap has been blotted out.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SPORT
- RUGBY
- SOUTH AFRICA
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides.
Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.
THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by D.M. Palliser; Peter Clark; Martin Daunton.
Stock no. 1830885
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Volume I: 600 - 1540; Volume II: 1540-1840; Volume III:P 1840 - 1950. A heavy set. A lovely set. Dustwrappers are lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AND ITS INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF PETER KIDSON
Written by Peter Kidson; Eric Fernie; Paul Crossley.
Stock no. 1830884
Published by The Hambledon Press.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Presented by ex-pupils and friends to Peter Kidson, Professor of Medieval Architecture at the Courtauld Institute, as a mark of respect and affection for arguably the most influential historian of medieval architecture of his generation in the English-speaking world. The essays in this volume reflect the range of Peter Kidson's own interests and are united in following his approach to medieval architecture and art: a determination to see buildings and objects in the intellectual terms of the time in which they were created. Edited by Eric Fernie and Paul Crossley. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxvii and 304 pages including list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 1852850345. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed. Includes letter from and signed by Peter Kidson.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECT
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1830883
Published by Wayland (Publishers) Ltd..
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the mediaeval architect is here told to a great extent in the words of contemporaries, translated into modern English in the case of documents in Latin or foreign languages. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0853400229. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Minor surface papper loss/damage to frontis and facing title page. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed, small closed tear (no loss) to lower edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MIDDLE AGES
SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE PART I: ANCIENT BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON COINS
Written by Philip Grierson.
Stock no. 1830882
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
The first fascicule of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles contains the Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, numbering 216-777 respectively. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. xix and 70 pages inlcuding index. Boards lightly scuffed, very light fading to spine. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- COINS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.