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INJURED PRIDE: THE LIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Carwyn James; Chris Rea; Rupert Cherry.
Stock no. 1330763
Published by Arthur Barker Limited.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of one of the most remarkable events in the history of Rugby Football - the 1980 tour of the British Lions to South Africa. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 206 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0213167824. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SPORT
- RUGBY
PEPYS: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Richard Ollard.
Stock no. 1330762
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited.
Circa
1974.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Book Club Edition. Red cloth spine with gilt title, darker red boards. Endpapers are maps showing the principal battles of the second and third Dutch wars. 368 pages. B/w plates. Spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed and grubby to top edge. Dustwrapper is worn and torn and is badly sunned to spine and edge of rear panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES EDWARD STUART
Written by David Daiches.
Stock no. 1330761
Published by The History Book Club.
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Life and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Spine bumped. Covers ever so slightly dusty. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is grubby and lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, lightly edge creased, lightly faded to spine and lightly browned to top edge of rear panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SCOTLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
ISAIAH BERLIN
Written by John Gray.
Stock no. 1330760
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. ISBN: 0002555824. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby mark to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and a tiny bit scuffed to rear panel.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THERE WAS ALSO SOME RUGBY: THE SIXTH SPRINGBOKS IN BRITAIN
Written by Wallace Reyburn.
Stock no. 1330759
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd..
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The springboks controversial rugby tour of the UK 1969-1970 - everywhere the South Africans went anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to halt their matches. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 182 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0091041708. Minimal bumping to spine. Covers are foxed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and lightly creased. Rear panel is a bit grubby.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SPORT
- RUGBY
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
Written by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1330758
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 349 pages. B/w photos. Biography of the politician. Slight damp spotting to covers. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and lightly edge worn.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by D.M. Palliser; Peter Clark; Martin Daunton.
Stock no. 1830885
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Volume I: 600 - 1540; Volume II: 1540-1840; Volume III:P 1840 - 1950. A heavy set. A lovely set. Dustwrappers are lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE PART I: ANCIENT BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON COINS
Written by Philip Grierson.
Stock no. 1830882
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
The first fascicule of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles contains the Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, numbering 216-777 respectively. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. xix and 70 pages inlcuding index. Boards lightly scuffed, very light fading to spine. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- COINS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
THE SCOTTISH TOWN IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1740-1820
Written by Bob Harris; Charles McKean.
Stock no. 1830866
Published by Edinburgh University Press.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A pioneering study of 18th-century Scottish urbanism. The story of a profound transformation in the nature of the urban environment and urban society. It exxplores the development of Scots burghs, their changing material cultures, regulation and cultural life, and shows the true character of the Scottish urban experience in a period often identified with the intellectual flowering that later became identified as the Scottish Enlightenment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour illustrations. xx and 604 pages. ISBN: 9780748692576. Old barcode price to rear cover. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- GEORGIAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)