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SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE PART I: ANCIENT BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON COINS
Written by Philip Grierson.
Stock no. 1830882
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
The first fascicule of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles contains the Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, numbering 216-777 respectively. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. xix and 70 pages inlcuding index. Boards lightly scuffed, very light fading to spine. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- COINS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS
Written by Jean Gimpel.
Stock no. 1830878
Published by Michael Russell.
1st thus
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Medieval Europe was distinguished by the spectacular development of religious architecture from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries - eighty cathedrals, five hundred great churches, and more than ten thousand parish churches. In France alone, more stone was quarried in this span of three centuries than during the entire history of ancient Egypt. Translated from the French by Teresa Waugh. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos and a few colour. 127 pages including index. ISBN: 0859550931. Boards clean, lower edge of boars lightly rubbed. Some minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- CHURCHES
- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- BUILDINGS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1330714
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.
DAIMLER & LANCHESTER A CENTURY OF MOTORING HISTORY
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1330699
Published by Longford International Publications.
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. A definitive history. 329 pages plus appendix. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899154019. Spine and corners bumped. A few light scratch marks and dents to covers. Some wrinkling of front pastedown (binding error) else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed.
THE SCOTTISH TOWN IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1740-1820
Written by Bob Harris; Charles McKean.
Stock no. 1830866
Published by Edinburgh University Press.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A pioneering study of 18th-century Scottish urbanism. The story of a profound transformation in the nature of the urban environment and urban society. It exxplores the development of Scots burghs, their changing material cultures, regulation and cultural life, and shows the true character of the Scottish urban experience in a period often identified with the intellectual flowering that later became identified as the Scottish Enlightenment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour illustrations. xx and 604 pages. ISBN: 9780748692576. Old barcode price to rear cover. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- GEORGIAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE
Written by Claude Reignier Conder.
Illustrated by J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1830859
Published by Richard Bentley & Son.
1880.
Almost very good condition.
New Edition. This book details the author's journey and survey of Palestine as part of the Palestine Exploration Fund, blending personal experiences with descriptions of the terrain and ancient sites. Yellow/brown cloth with black titles and gilt vignette to front. B/w illustrations. xvi and 397 pages plus 1 page advertisement for books by the author to rear. Spine heavily browned, boards grubby. Knock to horizontal and vertical edges of rear board. Rear board marked. Text block browned. Name and price in pencil to front endpaper, 2 contemporary names in ink to verso of frontispiece. A little pencil annotation else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- PALESTINE
HISTORY OF THE BURGH OF DUMFRIES
Written by William McDowall.
Stock no. 1830855
Published by EP Publishing Limited.
1st thus
1972.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Reprinted from the 1906 edition (originally published in 1867). This is the story of a large but beautiful town, with the advancement hand-in-hand of its civilization and material improvement, developing rapidly, in size, population and wealth, from a rude, insignificant, timber built village. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 878 pages includuing index. ISBN: 0854097716. Light shelf-rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- DUMFRIES
- HISTORY
THE BRISTOL BLENHEIM: A COMPLETE HISTORY
Written by Graham Warner.
Stock no. 1330689
Published by Crecy.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This book puts the impact of the Blenheim on aircraft development into perspective, and provides a very human insight into the courageous crews who flew the Blenheims into battle. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and colour illustrations of the camouflage markings. 639 pages including index. ISBN: 0947554920. Book sits a little 'twisted' on the shelf but is otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.
IRISH ARMY VEHICLES: TRANSPORT AND ARMOUR SINCE 1922
Written by Karl Martin.
Stock no. 1330682
Published by Karl Martin.
1st
2002.
Very good condition.
An essential reference work for the modeller, wargamer or student of military or Irish history. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0954341309. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top edge of front cover and to edges of rear cover. A few light spots to top edge of textblock else contents fine.
GLENCOE & CULLODEN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by John Prebble.
Illustrated by Harry Brockway.
Stock no. 1208986
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Two volumes. Dramatic grey and black pictorial cloth. B/w engravings. Very slight browning to spines, Culloden volume has crinkling to the top of a few pages, else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS