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BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st thus
2004.
Very good condition.
A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE LAST LANC'
Written by Patrick Kilvington.
Stock no. 1827794
Published by Boolarong Publications.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In 1965 a crew of eleven volunteers flew a wornout war-time Lancaster bomber from Sydney to Biggin Hill, England, a distance of over 12,000 miles, in order that the aircraft could take its place with other vintage aircraft in a British museum. At that time, it was the last Lancaster remaining in flying condition. Blue boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0908175329. Top & tail of spine and lower edges lightly rubbed. Lower front corner bumped. Spine slightly cocked. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed to rear panel.
THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE OF ROCKETRY
Written by Frank H. Wingter.
Stock no. 1827760
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Congreve and Hale Rockets of the Nineteenth Century. A comprehensive book on the history of gunpowder rockets. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0874749875. Boards clean and bright. mBrowning and foxing to text block and endpapers. Contnets clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has foxing to verso (not visible to front).
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ROCKETS
- HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MACGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDALS 1889-1989
Written by Robert Hamond.
Stock no. 1327462
Published by Spantech & Lancer.
1st
1994.
Very good condition.
Cardwraps. 65 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1897829078. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Corners worn. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MEDALS AND BADGES
- HISTORY
BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POTTERY
- BRONZE AGE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF VINYL DOLLS AND ACTION FIGURES
Written by Nicholas Hill.
Stock no. 1327457
Published by Twin Pines Press.
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Revised edition. Cardwraps. 224 pages, including some colour photographic plates at rear. ISBN: 0967849519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Top page corner tips slightly curled. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HOBBIES
- DOLLS
- COLLECTING
- HISTORY
POLICE CASUALTIES IN IRELAND 1919-1922
Written by Richard Abbott.
Stock no. 1327453
Published by Mercier Press.
1st
2000.
Very good condition.
The history of the RIC and the nationalist groups that rose to oppose them. Cardwraps. 340 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 1856353141. Rubbing to cover edges. Light vertical crease to centre of rear cover. Foxing to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- IRELAND
- HISTORY
- POLICE
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.
PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
1st
1974.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co..
1st
1842.
Almost very good condition.
Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- NORFOLK
- CASTLES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England.
1st
1970.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- MONUMENTS
- CHURCHES
KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press.
1st
2001.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- IRELAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)