HISTORY (BRITISH)
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A SOLDIER'S HISTORY
Written by C.W. Dunbar.
Stock no. 1320171
Nearly fine condition.
A history of The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). Cardwraps contained in a blue plastic wallet. 72 pages. Some colour and b/w photos. Family Tree of the Fusiliers contained in pocket at back of book. Book itself is fine, plastic wallet is just a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
INDUSTRY, ART & TASTE
Written by Barbara C. Morden.
Stock no. 1320155
Published by Quoin Publishing Ltd.
Circa
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition.
19th century north east industrialists: an introduction to their business & social connections, their houses & art collections. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 92 pages. ISBN: 9780905974941. SIGNED by the author to inside of front cover. Light creases to corner tips. Contents fine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NORTH EAST UK
- INDUSTRY
- ART
FIFTY YEARS OF A LONDONER'S LIFE
Written by H.G. Hibbert.
Stock no. 1820981
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company.
1st
1916.
Almost very good condition.
Light blue/grey cloth boards, brown titles. 18 b/w plates. Spine browned and worn at top & tail with some fraying. Corners worn, small bump to lower front edge of board. Grubby marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled and frontis almost detached. Scattered foxing throughout.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF LONDON 1939-45: A GUIDE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by Heather Creaton.
Stock no. 1820963
Published by The British Records Association.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Archives and the User No. 9. Red pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0900222123.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- WORLD WAR II
CAPITAL HISTORIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF LONDON
Written by Patricia L. Garside.
Stock no. 1820962
Published by Ashgate.
1st
1998.
Fine condition.
Red cloth boards, gilt titles and wrap-around vignette. B/w photos and illustrations. 117 pages. ISBN: 1840146540.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LONDON THEN LONDON NOW
Written by David Whitehead.
Stock no. 1820912
Published by Dalton Watson.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The London scene changes: the camera does not forget. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 090156401X. Front board bowed. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
QUEEN SQUARE: ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD & ITS INSTITUTIONS
Written by Godfrey Heathcote Hamilton.
Stock no. 1820910
Published by Leonard Parsons.
1st
1926.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Page edges uncut. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown above bookplate of John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd (an antiquarian researcher, public servant and notable figure in the memoirs of many notable figures of the twentieth century, including Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell). A few grubby marks to margins.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
HADRIAN'S WALL IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS
Written by Frank Graham.
Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.
Stock no. 1820884
Published by Frank Graham.
1st
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
What the Roman Wall was like when in use, the soldiers who built and garrisoned it and the civilians who lived in the towns and villages scattered along its length. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0859831779. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
A HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY VOLUME V
Written by Cecil C.P. Lawson.
Illustrated by Cecil C.P. Lawson.
Stock no. 1820882
Published by Kaye & Ward.
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This volume covers not only the Napoleonic wars but also the strife between Canada and America concentrating on the Regular Infantry and of Volunteer and Militia units at home and abroad. There is a large section on Canada. Three colour plates and many b/w illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 071820204X. Top of spine bumped and corresponding light crease to inside corners of contents. Some foxing present mainly to gutter edges also plate margins. Pink pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly creased at top edge.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- UNIFORMS
- NAPOLEON
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE CANTING CREW: LONDON'S CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD 1550-1700
Written by John L. McMullan.
Stock no. 1820768
Published by Rutgers University Press.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A volume in the Crime, Law and Deviance series. Reconstructing the criminal underworld in Elizabethan and Stuart London - an underworld of thieves, pickpockets, confidence cheats, prostitutes, and fences. Analyzing the organizational features of crime. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0813510228. Grubby mark to front pastedown. Date stamped to rear endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few closed tears and small chips, grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ECONOMICS
- ELIZABETHAN
- TUDOR
LONDON IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Written by Percy H. Boynton.
Stock no. 1820763
Published by University of Chicago Press.
1st
1913.
Very good condition.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge gilt. Board edges lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing to margins.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 11
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1319730
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807644. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY (BRITISH)