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CARTOGRAPHIA: MAPPING CIVILIZATIONS
Written by Vincent Virga.
Stock no. 1327963
Published by Little, Brown and Company.
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Pictorial boards. More than 200 maps selected from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. ISBN: 9780316997669. Third printing. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine and front spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CARTOGRAPHY
ELIZABETHAN KESWICK
Written by W.G. Collingwood.
Stock no. 1828286
Published by Michael Moon.
1st thus
1987.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Extracts from the Original Account Books, 1564-1577, of the German Miners in the Archives of Ausburg. Transcribed and translated by Collingwood. The everyday comings and going of the German miners working in Keswick in the sixteenth century. Facsimile of the 1912 edition in a small print run of 500 un-numbered copies. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904131327. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CUMBRIA
- ELIZABETHAN
- MINING
- LIMITED EDITION
- FACSIMILE
THE STORY OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE
Written by Philip Sherlock; Hazel Bennett.
Stock no. 1828271
Published by Ian Randle Publishing.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A general history of Jamaica. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 424 pages. ISBN: 9768100303. Text block very slightly grubby. Very slight bowing to front cover. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CARIBBEAN
- JAMAICA
- SOCIAL HISTORY
IRISH MEGALITHIC TOMBS
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1828270
Published by Shire Publications.
2nd
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A Shire Archaeology Book. Second Edition. A concise and easily accessibly summary of archaeological research on meglithic monuments. White cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747805989. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- IRELAND
- MONUMENTS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ARCHAEOLOGY
ANCESTRAL TRAILS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Written by Mark Herber.
Stock no. 1327938
Published by Sutton Publishing.
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition (fully updated and revised). Black boards, gilt title to spine. 873 pages including appendices, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0750935103. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GENEALOGY
THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME TWO: THE MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; et al.
Stock no. 1828254
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
A guide to the medieval and early modern worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between AD600 and 1783. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 030435516X. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME ONE: THE ANCIENT & CLASSICAL WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; Charles Freeman; et al.
Stock no. 1828252
Published by Cassell.
1st
2000.
Very good condition.
A guide to the ancient and classical worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between 4,000,000 BC and AD 600. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 0304355151. Remains of label just visible to lower edge of front cover. Grubby marks to title page. Contents otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
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THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by H. St. L.B. Moss; Geoffrey Barraclough; R.W. Southern; John H. Mundy; Johan Huizinga.
Stock no. 1327917
Published by Folio Society.
1st
1998.
Very good condition.
Five volumes. 3 red cloth, 2 dark green bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt. Colour illustrations. Small spots to the spines of the books else they are very good condition. Slipcase is just a tiny bit scuffed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MIDDLE AGES
ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Written by R.W. Brunskill.
Stock no. 1828239
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1971.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book is concerned with the architecture of the lesser houses - manor houses, farm-houses, cottages - and of barns, stables and mills, inns and shops, and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale built according to local traditions. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and architectural drawings. ISBN: 0571086365. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly faded to spine, light creasing to top horizontal edge.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- HISTORY
WARLORDS AND HOLY MEN: SCOTLAND AD 80-1000 (THE NEW HISTORY OF SCOTLAND: 1)
Written by Alfred P. Smyth.
Stock no. 1828233
Published by Edward Arnold.
1st
1984.
Very good condition.
A clear and spirited account of the tangled political and cultural web that constitutes the first 1,000 years of Scottish history. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0713163054. Covers lightly browned. Text block and margins browned. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SPITFIRE! THE FULL STORY OF A UNIQUE BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER SQUADRON
Written by Dilip Sarkar.
Stock no. 1828230
Published by Pen & Sword Air World.
1st
2019.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Join 19 Squadron's Spitfire pilots during our Darkest and Finest Hours. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781526732811. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- AIRCRAFT
LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.