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DINUZULU: THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE OF SHAKA
Written by C.T. Binns.
Stock no. 1814844
Published by Longmans.
1st
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo king of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-1879. Dinuzulu and the final dissolution of the great military empire which the tyrant Shaka had founded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to text block and musty odour to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and edge-worn with tape repair.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- BIOGRAPHY
- BOER WAR
LANCASHIRE WORTHIES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Espinasse.
Stock no. 1814823
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co..
1st
1874.
Good condition.
Two volumes, second series first published date is 1877. People of note from Lancashire including Samuel Crompton who invented the spinning-mule. Red cloth boards with black & gilt titles. Bevelled edges. B/w frontis to volume one. Volume one top of spine is fraying with a little loss of cloth. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Joints splitting and therefore binding fragile but holding. A few damp stains to margins.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE LIFE OF ST. THOMAS OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Strange.
Stock no. 2123760
Published by Burns & Oates.
1879.
Good condition.
The Life and Gests of S. Thomas Cantilvpe, Bishop o Hereford and Some time before L. Chancellor of England. Extracted out of the authentique Records of his Canonization as to the maine part, Anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgraue, Harpsfeld, and others. Red cloth. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening to covers; some spotting/damp marks. Ex-lib (school); bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is cracked. A couple of small ink stamps to contents. Foxing.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HEREFORDSHIRE
ROALD DAHL
Written by Jeremy Treglown.
Stock no. 2123721
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1994.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571165737. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.
REMBRANDT
Written by Mortimer Menpes; C. Lewis Hind.
Illustrated by Rembrandt.
Stock no. 1814271
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
Large format, Brown cloth. Mounted colour illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed. Free endpapers browned. All plates present. New pastedowns, some professional strengthening of sections using cloth.
KLONDY: A DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH
Written by Klondy Nelson; Corey Ford.
Stock no. 1814134
Published by Robert Hale Limited.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
Biography of a woman caught up in the Klondike Gold Rush 1897. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ALASKA
- GOLD
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL: ENGINEERING KNIGHT-ERRANT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1609277
Published by John Murray.
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. Biography of the famous engineer. ISBN: 0719546362.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ENGINEERING
- BIOGRAPHY
- RAILWAYS
- MARITIME
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON 'ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING'
Written by Patrick J. Noon.
Illustrated by Richard Parkes Bonington.
Stock no. 1813533
Published by Yale Centre For British Art.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (13 November 1991-19 January 1992) and at the Petit Palais, Paris (5 March 1992-17 May 1992). Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 315 pages. ISBN: 0930606671. Corners lightly rubbed. Spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- ROMANTICISM
- BIOGRAPHY
RICHARD DOYLE'S JOURNAL 1840
Written by Richard Doyle; Christopher Wheeler.
Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1506855
Published by John Bartholomew & Son Limited.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Reproduction of the journal kept by Doyle throughout 1840. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Hand-written text. ISBN: 0702882801. Spine lightly bumped. Odd fox spot to text block. Dustwrapper is unevenly browned and faded, laminate cracking in folds, brown mark to front panel.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
Written by Mel Calman.
Illustrated by Mel Calman.
Stock no. 1506718
Published by Methuen London Ltd.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Some sketches from a cartoonist's life. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 105 numbered pages. ISBN: 0413588408. Signed by author, with inscription, on front endpaper. A little fading to base of spine and edges of covers alongside. Faint erased pencil writing to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small marks, very light browning to spine area.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- CARTOONS
- ILLUSTRATED
SAGITTARIUS SURVIVING
Written by Cecil Lewis.
Stock no. 2122641
Published by Leo Cooper.
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 150 pages. Autobiography of an RAF commander. ISBN: 0850524482. Wrapper is faded to spine with a little creasing.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- BIOGRAPHY
CHASING THE BEAST
Written by George Greenfield.
Stock no. 2122537
Published by Richard Cohen Books.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A War Memoir. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860661289. Heavy bump along bottom edge of front cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II