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THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN MUSEUM
Written by Jonah Siegel.
Stock no. 2132939
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An Anthology of Nineteeth-Century Sources. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780195331134. Some pencil annotation to front endpaper. Couple of small scuffs to wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MUSEUMS
RESISTING HITLER MILDRED HARNACK AND THE RED ORCHESTRA
Written by Shareen Blair Brysac.
Stock no. 2132938
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Life and Death of an American Woman in Nazi Germany. White cloth spine, pale boards. ISBN: 0195132696. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- NAZIS
NAPOLEON'S MERCENARIES
Written by Guy C. Dempsey.
Stock no. 2132898
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire 1799 to 1814. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1853674885. Small white name label stuck to front pastedown.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- UNIFORMS
- NAPOLEON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- ARMY
FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2132887
Published by Wharncliffe Books.
2008.
Very good condition.
Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596. A few margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY
LOST VOICES FROM THE TITANIC THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY
Written by Nick Barratt.
Stock no. 2132881
Published by Preface.
1st
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848091498. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND 1826 AND 1827
Written by C. Von Oeynhausen; H. Von Dechen; E.A. Forward.
Stock no. 1819244
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1971.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Concerning Railways in England: Observations Collected During the Years 1826 and 1827 translated from the German text by Forward. Published for the Newcomen Society. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852700482.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LES PARISIENNES
Written by Anne Sebba.
Stock no. 1819214
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
Circa
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780297870975. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 2132802
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd..
1st
1933.
Almost very good condition.
The romance and chronology of the opium trade, the opium war and the beautiful little ships that were the first trading craft with clipper lines. Blue cloth with gilt chinese characters on front cover, silver titles. B/w photos, illustrations and plans. Endpapers are maps. 392 pages includes index. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine darkened with slight loss of gilt to titles. Cover edges darkened. Pages lightly browned else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ASIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- TALL SHIPS
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES OF BRITAIN: WALES
Written by Roly Smith.
Stock no. 1819189
Published by Frith Book Company.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
B/w photographs from the Francis Smith collection of mid-Victorian times. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1859377726. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1819178
Published by Wharncliffe Books.
1st
2005.
Fine condition.
Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- TRUE CRIME
- HISTORY
SHORT STORIES FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY - SWEDEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318790
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1851.
Almost very good condition.
Small fromat. Embossed grey cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 198 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.
DENE FOREST SKETCHES
Written by S.M. Crawley Boevey.
Illustrated by F.H. Crawley Boevey.
Stock no. 1318780
Published by John And Robert Maxwell.
1st
1888.
Almost very good condition.
Historical and Biographical. Founded on Family Records and Manuscripts Preserved at Flaxley Abbey. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some fraying of cloth to spine edges. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Tissue-guard from frontis removed. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FOREST OF DEAN