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ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY OVERNIGHT! THE UNOFFICIAL CORPORATE HISTORY OF FEDERAL EXPRESS
Written by Robert A. Sigafoos; Roger R. Easson.
Stock no. 2138413
Published by St. Lukes Press.
2nd
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. Second edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0918518687. Light browning to spine. A little wear to cover edges. Some marks to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- COMPANY HISTORY
- AVIATION
- BUSINESS
WARRIORS OF THE STEPPE: A MILITARY HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA, 500 B.C. TO 1700 A.D.
Written by Erik Hildinger.
Stock no. 2137981
Published by Spellmount.
Circa
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376731. 2nd printing. Couple of corners are bumped. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has small tear to top of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ASIA
TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137569
Very good condition.
Green cloth with gilt titles to front cover and insignia of 7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. B/w photos. Title to front cover reads 'The Great War 1914-1919'. Name in ink to front endpaper.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WORLD WAR I
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
FROM SKETCH-BOOK AND DIARY
Written by Elizabeth Butler.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 2137357
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
Circa
1909.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 28 colour plates + b/w illustrations. A & C Black 10 Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist + 4 page additional booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers, especially spine and edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing throughout. Light browning to plates.
WINGS OVER WATER
Written by Jonathan Glancey.
Stock no. 2137274
Published by Atlantic Books.
1st
2020.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781786494191.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
DESERT WARFARE
Written by Bryan Perrett.
Stock no. 2137272
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
From Its Roman Origins To The Gulf Conflict. Originally published by Patrick Stephens Limited in 1988. This format is a reprint. B/w photos. ISBN: 1473847451.
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- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE HOMES OF TENNYSON
Written by Arthur Paterson.
Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 2137119
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
Circa
1906.
Good condition.
Green cloth with gilt titles and gilt, pink and green decorations. Top edge gilt. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 7/6 series. Black's Beautiful Books booklist to rear (4 sides). Some books to booklist were published 1906. Spine is faded. Some marks to covers. Bumping. Fraying to cloth at base of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint is a bit cracked. Page browning and heavy foxing. Newspaper clipping stuck opposite page 53. Tissue guard is torn to plate page opposite page 56.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK
- A AND C BLACK 7s 6d SERIES
WORLD PICTURES
Written by Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes.
Stock no. 2136948
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
Good condition.
A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. 9 x 6.5 ins. Red cloth with black and gold decorations to front board. 50 colour and 50 black and white plates. Joints are broken! 1" split to cloth at base of spine; some chipping and nicks with fraying to cloth on spine and corners. Heavy bump to bottom corner of rear cover. Remains of bookplate to front pastedown. Front endpaper is nearly detached, browned and torn. Page edges are browned. All plates present.
SKYSCRAPER: THE SEARCH FOR AN AMERICAN STYLE 1891-1941
Written by Roger Shepherd.
Stock no. 2136791
Published by McGraw-Hill.
1st USA
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Annotated extracts from the first 50 years of 'Architectural Record'. ISBN: 0071369708.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- AMERICA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PREHISTORIC
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHARNHORST: THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1755-1801
Written by Charles Edward White.
Stock no. 2136687
Published by Helion & Company.
Circa
2020.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w maps. From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 No. 57. ISBN: 9781913118990. Light edge-wear.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
LAST OF THE PIRATES
Written by Bob Noakes.
Stock no. 1322311
Published by Paul Harris Publishing.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Saga of Everyday Life on Board Radio Caroline. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0862280923. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to endpapers, top corner tip of front free-endpaper very slightly creased. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, some tiny white spots to front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RADIO
- MARITIME