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TWELVE HUNDRED MILES FOR THIRTY SHILLINGS
Written by L.J. Paterson.
Stock no. 1830403
Published by Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cosatal Cruising from the Clyde. This book is based largely on a collection of ninety-year-old lantern slides, dramatically saved from destruction, giving an insight into those famous Clyde-built steamships, their passengers and teh ports and cities they called into. An unforgettable glimpse of an age which vanished with the First World War. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 1851581979. A few tiny spots to boards. Pale browning to cream endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

HIDDEN HISTORY OF FLORIDA
Written by James C. Clark.
Stock no. 1830397
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Florida has a history as diverse as its residents. And much of that is still hidden. Since the arrival of the Spanish in 1513, the state has played host to strange stories. Here, author and historian James C. Clark unearths a history hidden beneath swamps and sand for years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 9781626199972. A lovely copy.

MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

THE LI DYNASTY HONG KONG ARISTOCRATS
Written by Frank Ching.
Stock no. 1330179
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0195909046. 2nd impression. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Couple of grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

DUNDONALD: A CONTRIBUTION TO PAROCHIAL HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James H. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1830301
Published by John Wylie & Co. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Map to front endpapers. Light rubbing to base of spines and corners. Foxing to text blocks. A few foxspots to contents. Green dustwrappers are browned to spines and edges.

ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) VOL. XLIX PART I & II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1830300
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Transcribed and edited by Hugh Owen. A collection of greatly valued letters in two volumes. Beige cloth covers. Boards of both volumes are a little grubby and marked, spines and endpapers are browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to text block.

A NERVOUS SPLENDOR: VIENNA 1888-1889
Written by Frederic Morton.
Stock no. 1830297
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red silk boards with gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Sepia and colour photos. xiv and 236 pages including index. Light scuffing to front board, else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
Written by William H. Prescott; Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Stock no. 1830275
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. With a Preliminary View of The Ancient Mexican Civilization and the Life of The Conqueror Hernado Cortes. Attractive green pictorial cloth with gilt title and highlights. Colour illustrations & b/w text illustrations. Top edge green. xxx and 723 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and bumped at one open edge.

LONDON CHARACTERS AND CROOKS
Written by Henry Mayhew; Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1830274
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition.

Edited and Introduced by Christopher Hibbert. Green pictorial cloth, sepia photo plates. Top edge green. xvii and 535 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed and lightly marked, spotted at ends.

BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA
Written by Barry Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1830240
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199689170. Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

SUTTON HOO AND ITS LANDSCAPE: THE CONTEXT OF MONUMENTS
Written by Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1830237
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The great barrow cemetery at Sutton Hoo in south east Suffolk is one of the most remarkable Anglo-Saxon sites in England. This book examines the context of the cemetery at two levels: within its immediate landscape; and as part of a wider cluster of places associated with the dynasty in south-east Suffolk. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, colour & b/w maps. vii and 154 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119257. Spine lightly faded. Else a lovely copy.

CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.