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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF UNDERWATER AND MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY
Written by James P. Delgado.
Stock no. 1829233
Published by British Museum Press.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A fully illustrated encyclopaedia covering all aspects of underwater and maritime archaeology. Edited by James P. Delgado, written by an international team of over 180 expert contributors. Worldwide coverage of shipwrecks, vessel remains on land and submerged settlement sites, from prehistory to the modern era. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 493 pages including index. ISBN: 0714121290. Boards clean. Text block a little grubby with foxing to top edge. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- SHIPWRECKS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- REFERENCE
THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
Written by Clifford W. Ashley; Geoffrey Budworth.
Illustrated by Clifford W. Ashley.
Stock no. 1829108
Published by Faber & Faber.
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Re-issue of the 1944 publication with amendments by Geoffrey Budworth. Large format. Every practical knot, what it looks like, who uses it, where it comes from and how to tie it. With 7000 drawings representing over 3800 knots. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. x and 620 pages including index. ISBN: 057109659X. Lower edge of boards lightly scuffed. Lengthy gift inscription to free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
FLORIDA WETLAND PLANTS: AN IDENTIFICATION MANUAL
Written by John D. Tobe; Kathy Craddock Burks; et al.
Stock no. 1828960
Published by University Of Florida.
1st
1998.
Almost very good condition.
A definitive work, covering a majority of the plant species found in the Florida Wetland Delineation Methodology, 1994. Completely revised and rewritten update to the Identification Manual for Wetland Plant Species of Florida, published in 1972. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos & b/w drawings. x and 598 pages including index. ISBN: 0916287270. Base of spine bashed but contents unharmed. Small split to top front edge of spine. Spine is slightly twisted. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORIDA
- REFERENCE
INDEX OF COLLECTORS IN THE WELSH NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Written by S.G. Harrison.
Stock no. 1828958
Published by National Museum of Wales.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
This list of collectors whose specimens are represented in the Welsh National Herbarium is intended to provide details of sources for the specimens on herbarium sheets, in boxes or packets, or in bound volumes (the old-fashioned hortus siccus). It does not include most of the cultivated material, carpological and seed collections, timbers, slides, economic and spiritual collections, and miscellaneous curiosities. Brown cardwraps. 140 pages. ISBN: 0720002958. Covers unevenly faded. Rear cover a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- REFERENCE
A DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson; J.H. Kenneth.
Stock no. 1828935
Published by Oliver and Boyd.
8th
1963.
Very good condition.
Pronounciation, derivation, and definition of terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Genetics, Embryology, Physiology. Eighth edition by J.H. Kenneth. Previously published under the title A Dictionary of Scientific Terms. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 640 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- BOTANY
- ZOOLOGY
- ANATOMY
- GENETICS
- DICTIONARIES
- REFERENCE
A CONCISE ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY
Written by John R. Clark Hall.
Stock no. 1328441
Published by Legare Street Press.
Nearly fine condition.
A physical print on demand version, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781015539723. Minimal rubbing at spine and corners. Unfortunately the quality of the printing/copying makes the text difficult to read on some pages.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- ANGLO-SAXON
- DICTIONARIES
- REFERENCE
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF COMICS
Written by George Perry; Alan Aldridge.
Stock no. 1328400
Published by Penguin.
1st
1967.
Very good condition.
The story of strip cartoons since comics began. White pictorial cardwraps. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. White covers slightly grubby, pale browning to spine. Pale page edge browning. Contents clean.
WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD?
Written by Peter D'Epiro; Mary Desmond Pinkowish.
Illustrated by Richard Beards.
Stock no. 1828550
Published by Folio Society.
2008.
Very good condition.
And 60 Other Great Cultural Questions. Black cloth spine with gilt title, colourful pictorial paper boards. Brown endpapers. B/w illustrations. Sixth printing. Page 23/24 has vertical margin crease else a lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- REFERENCE
- HISTORY
THE BRITISH PRE-RAPHAELITE ILLUSTRATORS: A HISTORY OF THEIR PUBLISHED PRINTS
Written by Gregory R. Suriano.
Stock no. 1828356
Published by Oak Knoll Press; The British Library.
2nd
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Second edition. With critical biographical essays and complete catalogues of the artists' engravings and etchings. A comprehensive study of the Pre-Raphaelite graphics, lavishly embellished with more than 525 illustrations. Revised and expanded edition (of the book originally published as The Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators). Large format. Dark blue cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Blue marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0712306943. Base of text block slightly grubby else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to lower rear panel edge.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PRE-RAPHAELITE
- REFERENCE
- BIOGRAPHY
THE BIRDS OF THE LETCHWORTH REGION
Written by A.R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1828284
Published by Letchworth Naturalists' Society.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
An annotated list showing the present status of the birds of the region. Staple binding cardwraps. Folding map of the region to inside rear cover. Covers unevenly faded, foxing at vertical edges. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Map present to rear.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- REFERENCE
THE BIRDS OF THE LETCHWORTH REGION
Written by A.R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1828262
Published by Letchworth Naturalists' Society.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
An annotated list showing the present status of the birds of the region. Staple binding cardwraps. Folding map of the region to inside rear cover. Covers faded with some foxing and a pen mark to front. Foxing to title page and text block. Map present. Contents otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- REFERENCE
THE ART OF WALT DISNEY
Written by Walt Disney; Christopher Finch.
Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1828257
Published by Virgin Books.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms. Revised and Expanded Edition. Three new chapters to cover all the major Disney projects since the 1995 edition. Includes Mulan, Fantasia/2000, James and the Giant Peach, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear and Home on the Range, as well as Disney's enormously popular films with Pixar such as Toy Story and Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. Large format. White cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 504 pages including index. ISBN: 1852272309. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.