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TEXTILE TECHNIQUES IN METAL FOR JEWELERS TEXTILE ARTISTS & SCULPTORS
Written by Arline M. Fisch.
Stock no. 1327799
Published by Robert Hale.
1st UK
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The application of fibre techniques to precious and nonprecious metals. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. 160 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709060076. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some light creases to first few pages and light marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, light crease to top of front flap.
FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).
FOR THE KING'S SERVICE RAILWAY SHIPS AT WAR
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327798
Published by Pendragon Publishing.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before. Railway ships took part in many battle, one in three of them failed to return. This book tells their story. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9781899816163. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
- MARITIME
THE ANCIENT CITY: LIFE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS & ROME
Written by Peter Connolly.
Illustrated by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828114
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Superb detailed reconstructions of buildings provide the starting-point for a vivid exploration of Athens and Rome and the lives of the people who inhabited them. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0199172420. A lovely copy.
THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- OXFORDSHIRE
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.
MAPPING THE ROADS: BUILDING MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Mike Parker.
Stock no. 1327795
Published by Aa Publishing.
1st
2013.
Very good condition.
Graphically charting the ambitions and hopes of the nation through its mapping. Large format. Cream pictorial boards (red spine). 256 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780749574352. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight damp(?) stain to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROADS
- MAPS
GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st thus
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GREEK)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
LA FONTAINE: FABLES CHOISIES POUR LES ENFANTS
Written by Jean De La Fontaine.
Illustrated by M.B. De Monvel.
Stock no. 1327794
Published by Plon-Nourrit.
Almost very good condition.
Oblong format. Decorated cream cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby with a couple of small marks to rear cover. Vertical creases to front free-endpaper. Some pale marks to page margins but contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FABLES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al.
Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- PHOTOGRAPHY
GAINSBOROUGH'S FAMILY ALBUM
Written by David H. Solkin.
Illustrated by Thomas Gainsborough.
Stock no. 1828111
Published by National Portrait Gallery.
1st
2018.
Nearly fine condition.
Despite his famous antipathy towards portraiture, Gainsborough painted and drew over fifty portraits of his extended family. This book brings together some of his best loved works as well as many that are little known and rarely exhibited. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name that ran from 2018-2019. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781855147904. Corners of boards very lightly rubbed else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
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BEFORE THE BATTLECRUISER: THE BIG CRUISER IN THE WORLD'S NAVIES 1895-1910
Written by Aidan Dodson.
Stock no. 1828110
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2018.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The two-hundred or so big cruisers that were built for the world's navies from 1865 are described and analysed in detail. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781473892163. Spine & corners lightly bumped & lightly rubbed (minor). Mark to title page (created during binding process). Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top front edge and lightly scuffed.