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THE GREYWACKE: HOW A PRIEST, A SOLDIER AND A SCHOOLTEACHER UNCOVERED 300 MILLION YEARS OF HISTORY
Written by Nick Davidson.
Stock no. 1830224
Published by Profile Books.
1st
2021.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Nick Davidson follows in the footsteps of Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Murchison and Charles Lapworth, letting us see as if for the first time, some of the most intoxicating scenery in Britain, from the West Country to the Scottish Highlands. Drawing on wonderfully vivid diaries, letters, field notes and contemporary accounts, 'The Greywacke' is a momentous drama of discovery, and an irresistible celebrtion of our wild places. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 9781788163774. A lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- GEOLOGY
- HISTORY
TOLSTOY: A RUSSIAN LIFE
Written by Rosamund Bartlett.
Stock no. 1829394
Published by Profile Books.
Circa
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
In November 1910 Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. He was 82 and had led a remarkable and long life during one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history. Purple cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 544 pages. ISBN: 9781846681387. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- RUSSIA
STONEHENGE
Written by Rosemary Hill.
Stock no. 1817532
Published by Profile Books.
Circa
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
What Stonehenge has meant to us through recorded history, and what it means today. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781861978653. Second printing. Faint coffee mug ring to front panel of dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- STONEHENGE
- PREHISTORIC
- MONUMENTS
THE LOST GODS
Written by Francesca Simon.
Illustrated by Adam Stower.
Stock no. 2123399
Published by Faber & Faber; Profile Books.
1st
2013.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Freya was an ordinary schoolgirl...until the Norse gods stormed into her life. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781846685651.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY