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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie.
Very good condition.
A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton.
Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton.
Circa
1825.
Almost very good condition.
Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
LUFTWAFFE FLEDGLINGS 1935-1945
Written by Barry Ketley; Mark Rolfe.
Stock no. 1608313
Published by Hikoki Publications.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Luftwaffe Training Units & Their Aircraft. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0951989928.
HOLKHAM
Written by Leo Schmidt; Christian Keller; Polly Feversham.
Stock no. 1812578
Published by Prestel.
1st
2005.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Built between 1734 and 1765, Holkham Hall - Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester's, 25,000 acre estate in Norfolk - is a tribute to time gone by. This book explores the landscape and architectural history of Holkham Hall. Large format. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to front and embossed blind title to front. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 379133414X. Spine of dustwrapper lightly faded else a beautiful copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
- HISTORY
- BUILDINGS
- ARCHITECTURE
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons.
1892.
Very good condition.
Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 12
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1608148
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807652. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AMWELL AND STANSTEAD'S PAST IN PICTURES
Written by Stephen Doree; David Perman.
Stock no. 1208602
Published by The Rockingham Press.
1st
1997.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story in pictures of four fascinating Hertfordshire parishes: Great Amwell, Little Amwell, Stanstead Abbotts and Stanstead St. Margarets. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 1873468571.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF REMEMBERED
Written by Brian Lee.
Stock no. 2121269
Published by Chalford.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Archive Photographs series. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 075240718X. Some creasing to cover corners.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- CARDIFF
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME ELEVEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121268
Published by Stewart Williams.
Circa
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807210. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME FOUR
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2121267
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1967.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt. Numerous photographs, paintings, drawings, engravings and maps. 252pp includes index. 8.5 x 5.75". Spotting/mottling to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased with a few nicks and chips.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY
Written by Michael A. Patris.
Stock no. 2121259
Published by Arcadia.
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Images of Rail Series. Card wraps. B/w photos. Pasadena, California. ISBN: 9780738547534. Light wear along cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CALIFORNIA
ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine.
Circa
1895.
Good condition.
Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- TREES
- FORESTRY
- HUMOUR
- VICTORIAN