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APOCALYPSE IN ROME: COLA DI RIENZO AND THE POLITICS OF THE NEW AGE
Written by Ronald G. Musto.
Stock no. 1814549
Published by University of California Press.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The choices and dilemmas face by Cola, a young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, as he overthrew, without violence, the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520233964.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- ITALY
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Percy Macquoid.
Illustrated by S. Slocombe.
Stock no. 1814367
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd..
1st
1904.
Very good condition.
The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. Very large, heavy volumes. Red cloth boards, gilt titles with publisher vignette to front. Top edges gilt. 15 colour plates, after Shirley Slocombe, per volume with titled tissue-guard. Numerous b/w illustrations by the author. First published 1904; 1905; 1906; and 1908 respectively. Uneven fading to cloth and spines are very faded with a few marks. Slight fraying to board corners. Some scattered foxing present, some foxing to plates - some badly foxed to margins, others just a little, others clean. All plates and tissue-guards present. Some plates detached mostly in The Age of Oak, some of these are worn at edges and creased but not affecting the subject of the plate. All volumes are first editions 1904-1908. A few margin marks. A very nice set for someone with an interest in furniture making.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- FURNITURE
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WOOD CARVING
- WOODWORK
CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609603
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1955.
Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Cloth at corners and spine is rubbed. Front endpaper missing. Wrapper is edge torn and chipped with some loss; some fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
- GENEALOGY
CHARLEY'S WAR 1 AUGUST 1916 - 17 OCTOBER 1916
Written by Pat Mills.
Illustrated by Joe Colquhoun.
Stock no. 2123458
Published by Titan Books.
Circa
2005.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Volume 2 in the Series. B/w comic strips. Also includes a feature on the development of the first tanks and a commentary on the strips from creator Pat Mills, and an afterword by acclaimed comics creator Garth Ennis. ISBN: 9781840239294. 3rd printing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HUMOUR
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- COMIC BOOK
STEMMING THE TIDE OFFICERS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1914
Written by Spencer Jones.
Stock no. 2123419
Published by Helion & Company.
1st
2013.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. Maps and b/w photos. Wolverhampton Military Studies No. 1. ISBN: 9781909384453.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- ARMY
PRESTON PUBS
Written by Stephen R. Halliwell.
Stock no. 1814267
Published by Amberley.
1st
2014.
Fine condition.
Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston... well researched and beautifully illustrated. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445638584.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- INNS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 2123393
Published by T. Richards.
2nd
1882.
Good condition.
Large format. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. With transactions of the earlier city carters and grants: and Some account of the trades of the city, and other information relative to its early history. Second Edition. Spine is faded. Heavy damp marking to bottom corners of covers. Some foxing. Contents are generally very good still.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
INTO THE FIGHT PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG
Written by John Michael Priest.
Stock no. 2123357
Published by White Mane Books.
1st USA
1998.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
American Edition. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1572491388. Wrapper is faded tos pine, with a little edge-creasing a few small scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
THE GUNNERS OF AUGUST 1914 BAPTISM OF FIRE
Written by John Hutton.
Stock no. 2123350
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2014.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Published in association with Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 9781473823723.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARTILLERY
- WORLD WAR I
NINE MONTHS TO GETTYSBURG: STANNARD'S VERMONTERS AND THE REPULSE OF PICKETT'S CHARGE
Written by Howard Coffin.
Stock no. 1814239
Published by The Countryman Press.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth spine, gilt title, blue paper boards. B/w illustrations. American Civil War. ISBN: 0881504009. Second printing. Corners bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- PENNSYLVANIA
THE ROYAL OFFICE OF MASTER OF THE HORSE
Written by M.M. Reese.
Stock no. 1609533
Published by Threshold Books.
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0901366900. SIGNED by author and also the Duke of Beaufort on title page. Price-cut wrapper. Tape marks to endpapers and wrapper flaps. Wrapper is a little edge rubbed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HORSES
- ROYALTY
BURY ST EDMUNDS THROUGH TIME
Written by Martyn Taylor.
Stock no. 1814160
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st
2013.
Fine condition.
A fascinating selection of photographs, tracing some of the many ways in which Bury St Edmunds has changed and developed over the last century. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 94 pages. ISBN: 9781445617695.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- SUFFOLK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)