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CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609603
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1955.
Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Cloth at corners and spine is rubbed. Front endpaper missing. Wrapper is edge torn and chipped with some loss; some fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
- GENEALOGY
CHARLEY'S WAR 1 AUGUST 1916 - 17 OCTOBER 1916
Written by Pat Mills.
Illustrated by Joe Colquhoun.
Stock no. 2123458
Published by Titan Books.
Circa
2005.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Volume 2 in the Series. B/w comic strips. Also includes a feature on the development of the first tanks and a commentary on the strips from creator Pat Mills, and an afterword by acclaimed comics creator Garth Ennis. ISBN: 9781840239294. 3rd printing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HUMOUR
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- COMIC BOOK
STEMMING THE TIDE OFFICERS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1914
Written by Spencer Jones.
Stock no. 2123419
Published by Helion & Company.
1st
2013.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. Maps and b/w photos. Wolverhampton Military Studies No. 1. ISBN: 9781909384453.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- ARMY
PRESTON PUBS
Written by Stephen R. Halliwell.
Stock no. 1814267
Published by Amberley.
1st
2014.
Fine condition.
Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston... well researched and beautifully illustrated. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445638584.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- INNS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 2123393
Published by T. Richards.
2nd
1882.
Good condition.
Large format. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. With transactions of the earlier city carters and grants: and Some account of the trades of the city, and other information relative to its early history. Second Edition. Spine is faded. Heavy damp marking to bottom corners of covers. Some foxing. Contents are generally very good still.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
INTO THE FIGHT PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG
Written by John Michael Priest.
Stock no. 2123357
Published by White Mane Books.
1st USA
1998.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
American Edition. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1572491388. Wrapper is faded tos pine, with a little edge-creasing a few small scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
THE GUNNERS OF AUGUST 1914 BAPTISM OF FIRE
Written by John Hutton.
Stock no. 2123350
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2014.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Published in association with Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 9781473823723.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARTILLERY
- WORLD WAR I
NINE MONTHS TO GETTYSBURG: STANNARD'S VERMONTERS AND THE REPULSE OF PICKETT'S CHARGE
Written by Howard Coffin.
Stock no. 1814239
Published by The Countryman Press.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth spine, gilt title, blue paper boards. B/w illustrations. American Civil War. ISBN: 0881504009. Second printing. Corners bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- PENNSYLVANIA
THE ROYAL OFFICE OF MASTER OF THE HORSE
Written by M.M. Reese.
Stock no. 1609533
Published by Threshold Books.
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0901366900. SIGNED by author and also the Duke of Beaufort on title page. Price-cut wrapper. Tape marks to endpapers and wrapper flaps. Wrapper is a little edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HORSES
- ROYALTY
BURY ST EDMUNDS THROUGH TIME
Written by Martyn Taylor.
Stock no. 1814160
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st
2013.
Fine condition.
A fascinating selection of photographs, tracing some of the many ways in which Bury St Edmunds has changed and developed over the last century. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 94 pages. ISBN: 9781445617695.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- SUFFOLK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
KLONDY: A DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH
Written by Klondy Nelson; Corey Ford.
Stock no. 1814134
Published by Robert Hale Limited.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
Biography of a woman caught up in the Klondike Gold Rush 1897. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ALASKA
- GOLD
AERIAL NAVIGATION
Written by Frederick Walker.
Stock no. 1609462
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son.
1st
1902.
Almost very good condition.
Brown boards, gilt titles and illustrated panel to front. A practical handbook on the construction of dirigible balloons, aerostats, aeroplanes, and aeromotors. With about 100 illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn; covers scuffed and marked. Front joint partially cracked. Name in ink to half-title page.