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HOLKHAM
Written by Leo Schmidt; Christian Keller; Polly Feversham.
Stock no. 1812578
Published by Prestel.
1st
2005.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Built between 1734 and 1765, Holkham Hall - Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester's, 25,000 acre estate in Norfolk - is a tribute to time gone by. This book explores the landscape and architectural history of Holkham Hall. Large format. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to front and embossed blind title to front. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 379133414X. Spine of dustwrapper lightly faded else a beautiful copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
- HISTORY
- BUILDINGS
- ARCHITECTURE
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons.
1892.
Very good condition.
Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 12
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1608148
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807652. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AMWELL AND STANSTEAD'S PAST IN PICTURES
Written by Stephen Doree; David Perman.
Stock no. 1208602
Published by The Rockingham Press.
1st
1997.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story in pictures of four fascinating Hertfordshire parishes: Great Amwell, Little Amwell, Stanstead Abbotts and Stanstead St. Margarets. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 1873468571.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF REMEMBERED
Written by Brian Lee.
Stock no. 2121269
Published by Chalford.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Archive Photographs series. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 075240718X. Some creasing to cover corners.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- CARDIFF
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME ELEVEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121268
Published by Stewart Williams.
Circa
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807210. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME FOUR
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121267
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1967.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt. Numerous photographs, paintings, drawings, engravings and maps. 252pp includes index. 8.5 x 5.75". Spotting/mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased with a few nicks and chips.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY
Written by Michael A. Patris.
Stock no. 2121259
Published by Arcadia.
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Images of Rail Series. Card wraps. B/w photos. Pasadena, California. ISBN: 9780738547534. Light wear along cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CALIFORNIA
ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine.
Circa
1895.
Good condition.
Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- TREES
- FORESTRY
- HUMOUR
- VICTORIAN
WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Written by James H. Thomas.
Stock no. 1812292
Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Volume of ten essays written to mark the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's 150th anniversary in 2003. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947723099. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WILTSHIRE
BIG SUR
Written by Jeff Norman.
Stock no. 2121104
Published by Arcadia.
1st USA
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Images of America Series. Card wraps. Large format. B/w photos. Big Sur is a river and a region on California's Central Coast. ISBN: 0738529133. Spine is faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CALIFORNIA
REMEMBERING WORCESTER
Written by Ron Shuard.
Stock no. 1208579
Published by Peterson Publishing Company Limited.
1st
1988.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A picture postcard panorama of the city scene from the 1890s to the 1950s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with b/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0904702030. Wrapper has some faint marks with a small closed tear at top edge repaired on verso.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)