THE PREHISTORY OF METALLURGY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by R.F. Tylecote.
Stock no. 1823436
Published by The Institute Of Metals. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A completely revised edition of the author's 'Metallurgy in Archaeology' (published 1962). Incorporating the results of work done since 1960, this revised text covers native metals, copper and copper-based alloys, tin, lead, antimony, and the fabrication of non-ferrous metals. The Iron Age is divided into various periods appropriate to Britain, ending with the introduction of the blast furnace. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & photos. xii and 257 pages including index. ISBN: 0904357724. Top & tail of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner's white address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at edges and spine, closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss) and top of spine.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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THE END OF A REVOLUTION: THE LAST DAYS OF STATIONARY STEAM
Written by Colin Bowden.
Stock no. 1823409
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library. The reciprocating steam engine as a source of industrial power almost completely disappeared during the final years of the twentieth century. This book illustrates some of the last of those engines still working, and others which remained on site, out of use or derelict. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781843063520. A review copy with press release present.

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SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSES 1600-1914
Written by Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan.
Stock no. 1823405
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An insight into the Scottish country house in all its many guises, including much new research on significant but less familiar houses such as Kinneil, Relugas and Dunrobin. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0748610774. Spine is faded to the degree that the title cannot be read on spine. Contents fine.

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THE FOX AND THE WHIRLWIND: GENERAL GEORGE CROOK AND GERONIMO: A PAIRED BIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Aleshire.
Stock no. 2136601
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards with black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0471325759. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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KICK THE DEAD LION: A CASEBOOK OF THE CUSTER BATTLE
Written by Charles G. Du Bois.
Stock no. 2136595
Published by Upton & Sons. 1st thus 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Very dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Originally published in soft-cover in 1954, this updated version of Du Bois' brilliant essay is offered to a new generation. ISBN: 0912783095. Wrapper spine is faded.

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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Written by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley.
Stock no. 2136584
Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954238810. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE
Written by Paul Everson; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1322488
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Studies presented to Christopher Taylor. Black boards, silver titles to spine and front cover. 198 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0719047676. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a tiny nick at base of spine.

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MEDIEVAL HOUSING
Written by Jane Grenville.
Stock no. 1322482
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Archaeology of Medieval Britain series. The ways of life and standards of living in the Middle Ages. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 230 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0718514785. Spine bumped. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little faded to spine.

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DORSET IN THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by Peter Stanier.
Stock no. 1322451
Published by Dorset Books. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history and archaeology of Dorset Industry c.1750-1950. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871164907. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges.

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THE MAN WHO MADE BEAMISH
Written by Frank Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322450
Published by Northern Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An autobiography of the man who opened the first Open Air Museum in England. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953573001. SIGNED by author with a dedication to Marilyn to title-page. Spine bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail of spine.

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THE EARLY TUDOR COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Maurice Howard.
Stock no. 1322441
Published by George Philip. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Architecture and politics 1490-1550. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0540011193. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny marks to front cover. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Some pencil erasure marks to top corner of half title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to front spine edge.

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