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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME ONE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827985
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of the original text of 1907, edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris, including Appendices A.B.C.D. & E, the last published in 1910. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Boards bright and clean. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME TWO 1910-1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827983
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of Appendices F.G.H. & I. first published between 1924 & 1985. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Boards clean and bright. Some minor marks to text block. Contents clean.

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CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 1327650
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Spine slightly bumped, covers edge rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock is foxed at top and has a mark at fore-edge. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and chipped with some loss, spine and edges of wrapper are browned.

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COLOUR: TRAVELS THROUGH THE PAINTBOX
Written by Victoria Finlay.
Stock no. 1327601
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

How humans have attempted to reproduce nature's colours. Vivid colours of the rainbow covers. Colour photos/illustrations. 424 pages. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and scuffed.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S DAUGHTER
Written by Amanda Vickery.
Stock no. 1327597
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Women's lives in Georgian England. Peach decorative cloth. Colour illustrations. Second printing. Book itself is fine. Back panel of slipcase is lightly rubbed.

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CARTHAGE: A HISTORY
Written by Serge Lancel.
Stock no. 1327590
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

First published under the title Carthage, by Librairie Artheme Fayard in 1992. Translated by Antonia Nevill, introduction by Richard Miles. This translation first published by Basil Blackwell in 1995. The text of this edition follows that of the First English edition, with minor emendations. Grey cloth with gilt & orange title to spine and blocked design to front. Colour plates and b/w diagrams. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly faded to one edge.

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DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
Written by Jerome Carcopino; Henry T. Rowell; E.O. Lorimer; Keith Hopkins.
Stock no. 1827962
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Attractive colour pictorial boards. Edited by Rowell, Translated from the French by Lorimer, Introduced by Hopkins. Colour photos. The People and the City at the Height of the Empire. Top corner of page 53/54 is creased diagonally. Else a lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed and has a mark to one end (VG+).

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A SHORT HISTORY OF TIME
Written by Leofranc Holford-Strevens.
Stock no. 1827923
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Light blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827867
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

New foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue paper boards with blocked design. Colour & b/w illustrations. xvii and 302 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and a little marked (VG).

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THE WORLD OF ODYSSEUS
Written by M.I. Finley; Simon Hornblower.
Stock no. 1827866
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Burnt orange pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Introduction by Hornblower. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAYS
Written by Robert J.. Harley.
Stock no. 1827862
Published by Heathfield Publishing. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Journey back to an era of cheap fares and frequent, reliable services, which turned up in all weathers. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781854144164. Top corners lightly bumped else a lovely copy.

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