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IN JUST ORDER MOVE
Written by F.M.G. Willson.
Stock no. 2127071
Published by The Athlone Press.
1st USA
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Progress of the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance 1946-1996. B/w photos. ISBN: 0485115182. Possibly SIGNED by author, as 'Glenn Willson', with dedication to previous owner. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- DANCING
A STUDY IN DEMOCRACY: INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL
Written by Edward Jackson.
Stock no. 2127050
Published by Co-operative Wholesale Society.
1911.
Almost very good condition.
Being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol. B/w plates. Spine is browned. Some marks to covers. Joints are cracked. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRY
A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN IN BRITAIN (NN 18)
Written by H.J. Fleure.
Illustrated by Alison Birch.
Stock no. 2126919
Published by Collins.
1st
1951.
Very good condition.
New Naturalist series. Conceived as a study of changing relations between Men and the Environments. Green buckram cloth. 38 colour photos, 38 b/w photos, 76 line drawings. Some light wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little page browning.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE BRITISH MOTORIST: A CELEBRATION IN PICTURES
Written by Lord Montagu Of Beaulieu.
Stock no. 2126859
Published by Queen Anne Press.
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A celebration of the 'horseless carriage' in Lord Montagu's inimitable style. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 203 pages plus index. ISBN: 0356127753. Light wear to base of spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased.
CHILDREN'S FASHIONS IN THE NINETEETH CENTURY
Written by James Laver.
Stock no. 2126735
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Batsford Colour Books. With an Introduction and Notes on the Plates by Laver. Colour illustrations. Some browning and foxing to pages. Wrapper is browned to spine with some edge-creasing and wear; a little chipping.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- FASHION
WALES A WALK THROUGH TIME: BRECON TO HARLECH
Written by Brian E. Davies.
Stock no. 2126505
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st
2012.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781848687080. Light creasing to cover edges. Couple of first pages have slight nick to top edge of page.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BRECONSHIRE
THE FACTORY QUESTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND 1830-1860
Written by Robert Gray.
Stock no. 2126467
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st PB
2002.
Very good condition.
The combination of regional, cultural and textual analysis makes this book a coherent and original contribution to the study of industrial Britain in the nineteenth century. Card wraps. 253 pages. ISBN: 0521892929. Some pencil marks, mostly to margins (some erased pencil writing inside front cover).
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
PASTURE AND POLITICS
Written by Richard Tapper.
Stock no. 2126439
Published by Academic Press.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Economics, conflict and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of north western Iran. Studies in Anthropology Series. ISBN: 0126836604. Wrapper is edge-creased with some rubbing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- POLITICS
THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley.
Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- FURNITURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WOODWORK
MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL II (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2126369
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Green cardwraps. 2 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Chipping and wear to spine and cover edges. Some uneven fading and browning. Creasing. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL IV (JAMES 1 TO GEORGE V)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2126367
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Humourous Rhymes of Historical Times. Two superb colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Pictorial card wraps. Staples to spine have rusted. Some chipping and wear to spine and cover edges. Foxing and browning to cover and some internal pages. Rear cover has vertical crease.
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- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AS MAD AS A HATTER!
Written by David E. Evans.
Stock no. 1816357
Published by Alan Sutton.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A History of Nonconformism in Dursley. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904387909. Name in ink to front endpaper and a grubby mark. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- CHRISTIANITY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)