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FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY TRADE UNIONISM
Written by G.W. Alcock.
Stock no. 1829129
Published by Co-Operative Printing Sociaty Limited.
1st
1922.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 631 pages including index. Boards lightly rubbed to top & tail of spine and edges. Minor mark to rear board. Text block and endpapers browned. Mark to centre of prelims. Contents clean.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- TRADE UNIONS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE BRECON FOREST TRAMROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EARLY RAILWAY SYSTEM
Written by Stephen Hughes.
Stock no. 1829128
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
1st
1990.
Very good condition.
Did iron railway bridges exist before George Stephenson? This book shows that such bridges were built in South Wales thirty years before the construction of Stephenson's Gaunless Viaduct on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and explains where to see these bridges today. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 1871184053. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BRIDGES
THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND VOLUME II: THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1829127
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The book covers the period 1336-1485. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. xii and 405 pages. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers, contents otherwise clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is heavily foxed, heavily browned to spine with some loss to top & tail, a few minor edge-tears and chips.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MIDDLE AGES
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
LIVING WITH THE WIRE: CIVILIAN INTERNMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Yvonne M. Cresswell.
Stock no. 1829116
Published by Manx National Heritage.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
How 25,000 men women and children coped with their internment behind barbed wire on the Isle of Man during the two World Wars. Staple-bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0901106356. A lovely copy.
CORNWALL IN THE AGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Written by John Rowe; A.L. Rowse; E.V Thompson.
Stock no. 1829113
Published by Cornish Hillside Publications.
2nd
1993.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Second (Enlarged) Edition. This edition includes two chapters on religious and subsequent social change which were written for the first edition but had to be omitted for reasons of space. Introductions by A.L. Rowse & E.V. Thompson. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 375 pages including index. ISBN: 0951941925. Boards grubby and scuffed. Pencil smudge to front endpaper else contents clean. Yellow dustwrapper is faded to front and spine, rubbed at edges, scuffed to rear panel.
HAMPTON COURT: A SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Written by Simon Thurley.
Stock no. 1829110
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Hampton Court - a fascinating collection of buildings, gardens and parks spanning seven hundred years. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations and plans. ix and 450 pages including index. ISBN: 0300102232. Lower edge of boards scuffed white. Title page has faint imprinting of colours from facing colour frontis. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has old price label to rear panel else clean.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BUILDINGS
- ARCHITECTURE
- SOCIAL HISTORY
LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- ROYALTY
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
HITLER V HAVERING 1939-1945
Written by Peter Watt.
Stock no. 1829034
Published by Carlton Armitage Press.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The bombing of East London during World War II. Researched and compiled by Peter Watt. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 190 pages including Roll of Honour of civilians. ISBN: 095240320X. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- LONDON
THE WARS OF THE ROSES: THE MEDIEVAL ART OF GRAHAM TURNER
Written by Graham Turner.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1829013
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
2024.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A detailed history of the wars alongside a unique and comprehensive collection of over 120 of the author's paintings and drawings, many created especially for this book. Meticulously researched details of arms, armour, settings and countless other aspects of the period, bringing to life the human stories behind the turbulent events. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations & photos throughout. 287 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472847287. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- ART
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT
Written by Matthew Rice.
Illustrated by Matthew Rice.
Stock no. 1828996
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited.
Circa
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711231399. Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.
THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1828983
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1950.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book deals with monks and friars in all their activities from 1216 to about 1340. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title and vignette to front. xvi and 348 pages including index. Reprint. Boards a little grubby and mottled. Edge of boarfds lightly rubbede. Corners bumped. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is browned, heavily so to spine, slight loss to top & tail of spine, a few marks. Strong musty odour present but contents otherwise clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- TUDOR
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2019.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.
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- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY
- LONDON