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A HISTORY OF THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION - BATH BRANCH 1912-87
Written by Michael Turner.
Stock no. 2133690
Published by Wea Bath Branch.
1987.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095125250X. Page browning.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- EDUCATION
THE WENSLEYDALE BRANCH
Written by Stanley C. Jenkins.
Stock no. 2133618
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A New History. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0853614377. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a faded spine.
WELL-HEELED: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BOOT COMPANY
Written by Brian Seddon; David L. Bean.
Stock no. 2133565
Published by Phillimore.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860773133. Bump to base of spine. Contents are fine! Wrapper is creased to base of spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- COMPANY HISTORY
A PORTRAIT OF THE VINTAGE SPORTS-CAR CLUB 1934-2014
Written by Thomas Pellow.
Stock no. 1820135
Published by Vintage Sports-Car Club Limited.
1st
2015.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Summer and sunshine, pre-war competition cars in action, the spectators' car park full of vintage cars, and members busy about their picnics. Quintessential Vintage Sports-Car Club. Blue cloth boards, sliver title to spine and Club vignette to front. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780954287696. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- HISTORY
OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin.
Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd..
1st
1923.
Almost very good condition.
12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.
A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co..
1923.
Very good condition.
And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- FREEMASONRY
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Bianca Maria Alfieri.
Stock no. 1820096
Published by Laurence King Publishing.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The history of Islamic architecture in India from its beginnings in the thirteenth century until its decline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Encompassing the whole sub-continent to cover Pakistan and Bangladesh. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1856691896. Slight fading to top edge of front endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- ISLAM
- INDIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
THE ART OF THE TOY SOLDIER: TWO CENTURIES OF METAL TOY SOLDIERS 1770-1970
Written by Henry I. Kurtz; Burtt R. Ehrlich; Roy Selwyn-Smith.
Stock no. 2133485
Published by New Cavendish Books.
1st
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Oblong format. Red cloth, gilt title. Colour photography throughout by Serge Nivelle. Based primarily on the Collection of Burtt R. Ehrlich. ISBN: 090456844X. Light bumping along cover edges.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- TOYS
- ART
SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY 1775 - 1954
Written by Frederick P. Todd; Fritz Kredel.
Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.
Stock no. 2133478
Published by Henry Regnery Company.
1954.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Revised edition. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning. Wrapper has been covered with clear film, which has been taped onto edges.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- UNIFORMS
SIR SAMUEL MORLAND
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1319272
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1970.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Diplomat and Inventor 1625-1695. Green cloth. 9 x 7". xvi + 133pp. 12 b/w plates. The life and inventions of a public servant in England. ISBN: 085270061X.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INVENTIONS
BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD (THE YOUNG ENGLAND LIBRARY)
Written by Herbert Maxwell.
Stock no. 1820018
Published by George Allen.
1st
1902.
Very good condition.
Green cloth boards, gilt titles, gilt design to spine, black blocked design to front board. Green pictorial endpapers show young man reading and fishing under a tree. Colour plates & b/w illustrations, folding maps. 259 pages. All edges gilt. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. A few small water marks to rear board. Neat inscription to front endpaper. A few scattered minor foxspots. All plates present.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- ARMY
MOTORING MEMORIES IN PEACE AND WAR
Written by Tindall Harris.
Stock no. 2133442
Published by St. Catherine Press.
1st
1928.
Very good condition.
Memories of the author who in October 1914 joined a Red Cross convoy for France as a volunteer driver. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. 5 b/w plates. 91 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name and address in pencil on front pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Address label to rear pastedown. A very nice copy of this rare Great War account.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR I