A MUDLARKING YEAR: FINDING TREASURE IN EVERY SEASON
Written by Lara Maiklem.
Stock no. 1831047
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A gentle ode to nature, history and the simple art of looking, searching the foreshore of the Thames through the changing seasons. Guided by Lara's curiosity, warmth and wisdom, it is your invitation to discover hidden objects in the most overlooked part of the city of London, the secrets they reveal and the stories that are patiently waiting to be told. Light grey cloth boards, blue foil title to spine. xx and 335 pages. ISBN: 9781526660756. Top & tail of spine ligthly shelf-worn else a lovely copy. Minor creasing to top & tail of spine of dustwrapper.

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THEY GAVE US SHAKESPEARE: JOHN HEMINGE & HENRY CONDELL
Written by Charles Connell.
Stock no. 1831044
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

John Heminge and Henry Condell prepared and oversaw the First Folio edition of Shakespeare (1623) and without their work which was undertaken in part as a gesture of respect and love towards their former colleague some plays would have been lost and others would only exist in garbled versions. Heminge and Condell were closely associated with Shakespeare and were among the principal actors in his plays. Brown imitation leather cloth boards with gilt tooling to sides and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 110 pages. ISBN: 0853621934. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased at top of spine.

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DR JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE BOOK THAT DEFINED THE WORLD
Written by Henry Hitchings.
Stock no. 1831038
Published by John Murray (publishers). 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Johnson's attempt to define each and every word. In wonderfully engaging chapters, Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure - his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way and his ultimate triumph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 278 pages including index. ISBN: 0719566312. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustswrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine and top of front panel.

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LORD SALISBURY AND FOREIGN POLICY: THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by John A.S. Grenville.
Stock no. 1831037
Published by The Athlone Press. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 14 in University of London Historical Studies. A monograph on the final tour of duty for Lord Salisbury at the turn of the 20th century. It covers 1895-1902. The book's central theme is the struggle for control between Lord Salisbury and those of his colleagues who, led by Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Landsdowne, advocated and finally secured the adoption of the new and questionable policy of partial-commitment. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 451 pages including index. Couple of tiny minor marks to front board. Foxing to text block. Light browning to endpapers, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Red dustwrapper is browned to spine with damp mottling, lightly edge rubbed and lightly browned. Musty odour present.

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THE MOST NOBLE ADVENTURE
Written by Greg Behrman.
Stock no. 1831036
Published by Aurum Press Ltd. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Marshall Plan and the Reconstruction of Post-War Europe. Greg Behrman tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild World War II-ravaged Western Europe. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 448 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845133269. Boards clean. Vertical reading crease to spine. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Some hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MI9: THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE THAT FOSTERED ESCAPE AND EVASION 1939-1945 AND ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART
Written by M.R.D. Foot; J.M. Langley.
Stock no. 1831034
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A classic espionage book about the British secret service that arranged the daring escapes of allied prisoners during World War II. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 364 pages including index. ISBN: 0370300866. Vertical reading crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block a little foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased across top rear panel.

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NINETEEN THIRTY-ONE: POLITICAL CRISIS
Written by Reginald Bassett.
Stock no. 1831032
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An excellent study that dispels a good deal of popular misinformation about a singularly confusing and bitter year of British politics. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 464 pages including index. Some faint damp mottling to boards. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Minor foxing to text block. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is faded & browned to spine, tiny hole to front panel, grubby to rear panel.

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FASHION IN IMPRESSIONIST PARIS
Written by Debra N. Mancoff. Illustrated by Edouard Manet; et al..
Stock no. 1831028
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Featuring famed paintings by such Impressionist masters as Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Monet and Morisot, this delightful book revisits the world of Parisian fashion through the eyes of first-hand observers. Thematic chapters present a gallery-like ensemble of paintings that follow in the footsteps of stylish Parisians as they stroll in the parks and boulevards, meet friends at cafés, take in the theatre, relax at home and go on holiday. Large format. Blue paper boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 157 pages. ISBN: 9781858945828. A few minor white marks to boards. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BARRY LOCOMOTIVE PHENOMENON
Written by Francis Blake; Peter Nicholson.
Stock no. 1831027
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and entertaining account of how almost three hundred ex-BR (and almost wholly steam) locomotives ended their working lives at this South Wales seaside town facing the cutter's torch but how over two hundred of them escaped what seemed an inevitable fate. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0860934101. A few minor marks to rear board. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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A STURDY RACE OF MEN 149 BRIGADE: A HISTORY OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by Alan Isaac Grint.
Stock no. 1831026
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A war history of the four battalions that made up 149th Infantry Brigade: the 4th to 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, headquartered respectively at Hexham, Walker, Newcastle and Alnwick but with company drill stations stretching from Gosforth up to Berwick. The Territorial battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers (149 Brigade) served with distinction in France and Flanders from 1915 until May 1918. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526741783. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a very nice example.

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THE HISTORY OF CORYTON
Written by Thomas Newman.
Stock no. 1831025
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

History of the tiny Parish of Coryton in North West Devon, from prehistoric times to 1921. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. vii and 216 pages including index. Contains facsimile printout of auction of the Manor of Coryton 1809 to rear. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine and front board corner. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, faded and chipped to spine, a little grubby.

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PLAS-YN-RHIW
Written by M. Honora Keating.
Stock no. 1831022
Published by The National Trust. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Plas yn Rhiw is the only organic National Trust garden in Wales. The original garden was expanded by the trust to include 150 acres (61 ha) of surrounding woodland. Written by the late Miss M. Honora Keating, the youngest of the three Keating sisters who purchased Plas-Yn-Rhiw in 1939, here reproduced by the National Trust without amendment. Blue cardwrap booklet. 15 pages of text plus b/w photos. Reprint. A decent copy.

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