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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam.
1st thus
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.
THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828782
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The LT type bus which started to appear on London streets in 1929. The first vehicles of this class of over 1400 vehicles had outside staircases while the most developed examples led the way to the STL of 1932. All the variations are covered here, including the famous Bluebirds, the 'Scooter' single deckers and the two coaches. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout and one or two colour photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 9781854143426. Top and tail of front edge of spine lightly knocked. Else a lovely copy. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME II
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828774
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books.
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The completion of the authors massive updating of theh history of these two major USA aircraft manufacturers. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 482 pages. ISBN: 0851778283. Reprint. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
SERVED BY LONDON'S TROLLEYBUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828740
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The trolleybus is long forgotten by most Londoners, but very fondly remembered by others. This book focuses on the routes operated by the capital's large fleet of trolleybuses from the 1930s until the early 1960s. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 200 pages including index. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- TROLLEYBUS
- LONDON
- HISTORY
WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828716
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd..
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red. Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- TUDOR
- BIOGRAPHY
WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828691
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 378 pages. ISBN: 0300096607. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is a little scuffed.
BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON AND PETERBOROUGH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828689
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. 416 pages. ISBN: 0300095813. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.
SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828688
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096429. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has light browning to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.
CHARLEROI'S TRAMS SINCE 1940: 'COAL, STEEL AND CORNFIELDS'
Written by Geoffrey Skelsey; Yves-Laurent Hansart.
Stock no. 1828656
Published by Light Rail Transit Association.
1st
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Belgian industrial town of Charleroi was served by two of Europe's most characterful tramsways. Traditional two-axle trams still ran in the 1970s and then became part of the local network of the celebrated Vicinal, extended in 2012. This wide-ranging book explores the colourful history of the two tramways since 1940, with insight into the political and economic problems which lay behind their decline and partial revival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. Large, fold-out map to rear. 112 pages. ISBN: 9780948106453. A lovely copy, no significant faults.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRAMS
- HISTORY
- BELGIUM
THE ROAD: A STORY OF ROMANS AND WAYS TO THE PAST
Written by Christopher Hadley.
Stock no. 1828615
Published by William Collins.
1st
2023.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. A mesmerising journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 353 pages including index. ISBN: 9780008356699. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears, a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ROADS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- HONG KONG
- BIOGRAPHY
LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST: THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF A FEMALE INDUSTRIALIST
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828606
Published by Pen & Sword.
1st
2020.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
When impoverished artistocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Charlotte championed Welsh culture and translated the Mabinogion into English. She also taught herself John's business from the inside. When John died in 1852, she replaced him as head of the ironworks. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination - widowed - to preserve John's legacy, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber, her sons' tutor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 214 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526768810. Lower corners of boards bumped else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corners.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- WALES