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THE INCREDIBLE KAISER: A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM II
Written by Lawrence Wilson.
Stock no. 2134016
Published by Robert Hale Limited.
1st
1963.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. Fading and bumping to top and tail of spine. Some corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and chipping; but minimal loss.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- BIOGRAPHY
CAPITULATION 1945: THE STORY OF THE DONIZ REGIME
Written by Marlis G. Steinert; Richard Barry.
Stock no. 2134015
Published by Constable.
1st thus
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Translated from the German by Barry. Red cloth covered boards, silver title to spine. Some bumping to spine and corners. A few marks and foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped with a couple of repaired tears.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- GERMANY
- WORLD WAR II
READING THE RUINS: MODERNISM, BOMBSITES AND BRITISH CULTURE
Written by Leo Mellor.
Stock no. 2134010
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards with gilt title to spine. From fires to ghosts, and from flowers to surrealist apparitions - the bombsites of London were both unsettling and inspiring terrains. Yet throughout the years prior to World War II, British culture was already filled with ruins and fragments. ISBN: 9781107009295.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LONDON AND THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Stephen Porter; et al.
Stock no. 2134008
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, with gilt title to spine. A collection of essays from different authors about London and the Civil War. ISBN: 0333622790. Page edge browning.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
- ESSAYS
THE INVASION OF 1910 WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LONDON
Written by William Le Queux.
Stock no. 2134006
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1906.
Fair condition.
Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps and plans. Ex-lib. with many markings. Covers are heavily worn and marked. Library labels stuck to front endpaper and pastedown; edge/corner of endpaper is torn off. Page edge browning. Text is still in good, reading condition.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
- MILITARY
- NAVY
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ROAD
Written by Diana Forbes-Robertson; Robert Capa.
Stock no. 2134004
Published by Random House.
1st USA
1941.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue/grey cloth and titles. B/w photos. Some light bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning; a little foxing. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; some pieces of loss, but also some small tape repairs to verso.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
- WORLD WAR I
THE OMNIBUS BOX: BEING DIGRESSIONS AND ASIDES ON SOCIAL AND THEATRICAL LIFE IN LONDON AND PARIS, 1830-1850
Written by Mark Edward Perugini.
Stock no. 2134003
Published by Jarrolds Publishers.
1933.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Fading to spine, which also has a little fraying to cloth. Marks and scuffing to covers. Inscribed by Author to a previous owner (Not Fully SIGNED by); To Harry with love from his old pal - the author, Mark' 22nd May 1933. Some foxing throughout.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- LONDON
- FRANCE
- THEATRE
ALASKAN AVIATION HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert W. Stevens.
Stock no. 1820441
Published by Polynyas Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition.
Volumes One & Two only of a 6 volume set. Volume One: 1897-1928; Volume Two 1929-1930. Large format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w photos. Boards covered in protective laminate which has been taped tightly to pastedowns leaving tape marks and a little stickiness to endpapers. Previous bookseller's address label to lower corner of front pastedowns. Text blocks a little grubby. Contents are clean.
HOSPITABLE ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTIES: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG AMERICAN 1875-1876
Written by Richard Henry Dana.
Stock no. 2133991
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
1921.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned. Splash and other marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some page corners creases. Foxing to outer page edges.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- DIARY
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820354
Published by The Institute Of Royal Engineers.
1st thus
2006.
Fine condition.
Picotrial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780903530286.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- HISTORY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MEMORIALS OF OLD CHELSEA
Written by Alfred Beaver.
Illustrated by Alfred Beaver.
Stock no. 1820342
Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd..
1st thus
1971.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Originally published in 1892, this edition is republished. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations by the author. ISBN: 0854097104. Text block a little dusty, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- CHELSEA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 4
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1319535
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1976.
Nearly fine condition.
Card wrap blue booklet. 500 printed. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900278323. Staples are rusty.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- LIMITED EDITION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)