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THE FEW SUMMER 1940, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Philip Kaplan; Richard Collier.
Stock no. 1610282
Published by Greenwich Editions.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Glazed illustrated boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862880831. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Rear panel of wrapper has some creasing.
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
Written by Michael Donnet.
Stock no. 1610266
Published by Wingham Press.
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A vivid history of World war II aviation by an outstanding pilot who lived through it all. ISBN: 1873454074. Top of spine bumped. Remains of price sticker to front wrapper flap.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
OPERATION BOLERO
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2124821
Published by Crecy Books.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Americans in Bristol and the West Country 1942-45. ISBN: 0947554513. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BRISTOL
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GENTLEMEN AND POACHERS: THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS 1671-1831
Written by P.B. Munsche.
Stock no. 1815869
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book touches on many subjects including man traps, transportation to Australia, the Industrial Revolution and fox-hunting, to name but a few, it is essentially about values: how the gentry tried to impose theirs on England and how these, in turn, were undermined by new values, more compatible with the emerging capitalism of the nineteenth century. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0521232848. Top of spine bumped. Upside down 'J' rubber ink stamp in blue to title page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned, has a small chip to top of rear panel spine edge, and is fading to spine.
Price: £78.00 £58.50.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- POACHING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124663
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. A few indentation marks to covers, where book has been used to lean on while writing. Contents are excellent.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- WYE VALLEY
THE WESTMINSTER POLL BOOK 1774
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124661
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
Nearly fine condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks. A list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668055. Name and address label stuck to inside front cover.
THE LONDON POLL BOOK 1768
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124660
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks; a list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668004. Light crease to top corner of front cover. Pale browning to covers. Contents are fine.
OLD MONMOUTHSHIRE AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
Written by Adolphe George Jones.
Stock no. 2124659
Published by Oakmagic Publications.
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Abridged edition. This account of the towns and villages of Monmouthshire was first published in 1906 and provides a vivid picture of this famous Border county as it was at the turn of the century. Green Cardwraps. Stapled booklet. 113 pages. ISBN: 1904330681. Light creasing to front cover edge. A few light foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815788
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. Front cover a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- WYE VALLEY
RECOLLECTIONS OF ROSS
Written by Jon Hurley.
Stock no. 1815786
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd.
1st
2007.
Fine condition.
1,000 years of the history of Ross-on-Wye and the Wye Valley. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780752444062.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WESTMINSTER POLL BOOK 1841
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815784
Published by S.A. & M.J. Raymond.
1st thus
1996.
Fine condition.
Raymonds Original Pollbooks. A list of voters in parliamentary elections, indicating which candidate(s) they voted for. Facsimile. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1899668098.
MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers.
Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1815780
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1983.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The text is copied from the 1708 edition. The only change is the modernization of the old long 's'. Misprints from the first edition have not been corrected, except those noted on an errata slip. This volume is a reprint of the 4th edition (Chepstow, 1978). Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134021. Previous owner's small name & address label stuck across front flap of dustwrapper and front pastedown. Rear panel of dustwrapper has a few tiny closed edge tears.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)