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MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL II (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2125332
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Green cardwraps. 2 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. A few marks to covers. Creasing along edges and to corners. Scuff marks; mostly to rear cover. Light foxing.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2125304
1ST
1907.
Almost very good condition.
Humourous rhymes of historical times with colour pictures and b/w text illustrations throughout. Pictorial blue boards, with red cloth spine. Large format. Spine is bumped and faded. Wear and bumping to corners and cover edges. Score mark to onlay to front cover; coloured with ink. Uneven fading to some cover edges. Front joint is partially cracked. Some foxing and page browning.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SHEFFIELD CITY BATTALION: THE 12TH (SERVICE) BATTALION YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT
Written by Paul Oldfield; Ralph Gibson.
Stock no. 1816056
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st thus
2006.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A history of the battalion raised by Sheffield in World War One. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 1844154238.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR I
- YORKSHIRE
WE REMEMBER IT WELL
Written by Joan Collins.
Stock no. 1610506
Published by Penarth Past Oral History Group.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
A Patchwork of Personal Recollections of Penarth. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872808360. Some uneven fading to boards. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor.
Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- RHYME
- POETRY
- PIGS (CHILDRENS)
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE QUEST FOR ROBIN HOOD
Written by Jim Lees; Keith Mellor.
Stock no. 2125077
Published by Temple Nostalgia.
1987.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green leathertte covers. Subscribers' Limited edition. Bw illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1870010027. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROBIN HOOD
- LEGENDS
- LIMITED EDITION
THE BRITISH FIGHTER SINCE 1912 SIXTY YEARS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1610387
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd..
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0370100492. Small sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded at spine, edge rubbed, and browned to rear panel.
OPERATION BOLERO
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2124821
Published by Crecy Books.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Americans in Bristol and the West Country 1942-45. ISBN: 0947554513. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BRISTOL
GENTLEMEN AND POACHERS: THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS 1671-1831
Written by P.B. Munsche.
Stock no. 1815869
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book touches on many subjects including man traps, transportation to Australia, the Industrial Revolution and fox-hunting, to name but a few, it is essentially about values: how the gentry tried to impose theirs on England and how these, in turn, were undermined by new values, more compatible with the emerging capitalism of the nineteenth century. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0521232848. Top of spine bumped. Upside down 'J' rubber ink stamp in blue to title page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned, has a small chip to top of rear panel spine edge, and is fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- POACHING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124663
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. A few indentation marks to covers, where book has been used to lean on while writing. Contents are excellent.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- WYE VALLEY
THE WESTMINSTER POLL BOOK 1774
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124661
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
Nearly fine condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks. A list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668055. Name and address label stuck to inside front cover.
THE LONDON POLL BOOK 1768
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124660
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks; a list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668004. Light crease to top corner of front cover. Pale browning to covers. Contents are fine.