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HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP FROM 1300 TO 1850
Written by Rudolf Pfeiffer.
Stock no. 2132509
Published by Clarendon Press; Sandpiper Books.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Special edition for Sandpiper Books. Gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198143648. Scuff ring mark to rear panel of wrapper.
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- HISTORY GENERAL
- SCHOOL HISTORY
EARLY DAYS IN THE BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE INDUSTRY
Written by Eric W. Walford.
Stock no. 2132368
1st
1931.
Good condition.
Card wraps. A Brief History of the Years Before the Arrival of the Motor Cycle Press. Published under the authority of The British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, Warwick Road, Coventry. B/w illustrations. Top 1" of spine has tear vertically and then horizontally. Date in ink to bottom of front cover. Binding is weak - spine is coming away from contents. Some foxing.
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- MOTOR CYCLES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
ENDGAME: BRITAIN, RUSSIA AND THE FINAL STRUGGLE FOR CENTRAL ASIA
Written by Jennifer Siegel.
Stock no. 2132353
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd..
1st
2002.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Describing the period before and after 1907 when the tension and hostility of the titanic Anglo-Russian superpower conflict was concluded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 273 pages includes index. ISBN: 1850433712. Rear of wrapper lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ASIA
A HISTORY OF COACHBUILDING
Written by George Oliver.
Stock no. 2131931
Published by Cassell.
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. Tape marks to endpapers, pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to top of front panel.
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- CARS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
CELTIC WARRIORS 400BC - 1600AD
Written by Tim Newark.
Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1818411
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1986.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The heroic story of two thousand years of Celtic warfare from four centuries before Christ to the 16th Century. Colour illlustrations. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0713716908.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CELTS
- MILITARY
TIN-POTS AND PIRATE SHIPS: CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES AND GERMAN SEA RAIDERS 1880-1918
Written by Michael L. Hadley; Roger Sarty.
Stock no. 1818370
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The authors shed new light on Canadian and German history - and on Canada's naval defences in particular - by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0773507787. Boards lightly bowed. A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims and text block. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- NAVY
- CANADA
- GERMANY
BARREN VICTORIES: VERSAILLES TO SUEZ THE FAILURE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE 1918-1956
Written by Basil Collier.
Stock no. 1818267
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc..
1st
1964.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A concise, engrossing, and comprehensive re-capitulation of modern history, together with the author's own outspoken appraisal of the deplorably divergent courses of the Western democracies. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Neat name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WORLD WAR I
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING
Written by Anthony Huxley.
Stock no. 1818233
Published by Paddington Press.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709203225. Light discolouration of green boards across edges. Text block a little grubby and browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few closed edge tears (no loss), creasing across top edge and faded to spine.
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- HISTORY GENERAL
- GARDENING
PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1977 TO 1987
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317992
Published by Veloce Publishing.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Volume 3 in the series. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 190370636X. Spine and corners bumped. Small, light damp stain to lower inner margins of endpapers. Light fingermarks to rear free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is also lightly damp stained at lower edges (visible only on verso) and slightly edge rubbed. Small tears at lower folds tape repaired on verso.
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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1997 TO 2004
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317991
Published by Veloce Publishing.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Volume 5 in the series. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1904788424. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PORSCHE
THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY
Written by Barry Cunliffe; Robert Bartlett; et al.
Stock no. 1817863
Published by Penguin.
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
From Earliest Times to the Present Day. Black pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0140295186.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 100 OBJECTS
Written by Gary Sheffield.
Stock no. 2131034
Published by Andre Deutsch.
1st
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. White pictorial covers. B/w photos. Colour photos. The Story of the Great War Told Through the Objects That Shaped It. ISBN: 9781780973968. Bumping to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners.
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- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WORLD WAR I