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ROADS & TRACKWAYS OF NORTH WALES
Written by Tim Prevett.
Stock no. 1322418
Published by Landmark Publishing.
1st
2008.
Very good condition.
Landmark Collector's Library. Cardwraps. 159 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781843064206. Slight rubbing and lifting of laminate to corners. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- ROADS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE ARISTOCRACY IN ENGLAND 1660-1914
Written by J.V. Beckett.
Stock no. 1322415
Published by Basil Blackwell.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Grey boards, silver title to spine. 512 pages. ISBN: 0631133917. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1823388
Published by Leicester University Press.
1st
1980.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A network of routes travelled by packmen, carriers and packhorse teams carried much of Britain's trade before the era of the turnpike road. In many parts of the country, a wealth of visual evidence survives - holloways, causeys, guide stoops and packhorse bridges. This book studies the system of routes, taking as an example the wild and difficult terrain of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0718511921. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROADS
- EAST MIDLANDS
- YORKSHIRE
- DERBYSHIRE
- HORSES
- BRIDGES
- TRANSPORT
A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Felicity Goodall.
Stock no. 1823344
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Conscientious objectors recount their experience of living out their pacifist convictions against a background of hostile incomprehension. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750907401. Light stain to rear board. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, grubby mark to front panel, verso to rear panel has corresponding damp stain (not visible to front).
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis; et al.
Stock no. 1823336
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society.
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (GEORGIAN)
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ENGINEERING
- SOMERSET
THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Howitt.
Stock no. 2136376
Published by Lightning Source Uk Ltd.
Circa
2011.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. A bit of creasing along bottom edges of book covers.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
LAST OF THE PIRATES
Written by Bob Noakes.
Stock no. 1322311
Published by Paul Harris Publishing.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Saga of Everyday Life on Board Radio Caroline. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0862280923. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to endpapers, top corner tip of front free-endpaper very slightly creased. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, some tiny white spots to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RADIO
- MARITIME
BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC KALEIDOSCOPE
Written by Dilip Sarkar.
Stock no. 1322306
Published by Victor Books.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. Cardwraps. B/w photos of Britain's finest hour. ISBN: 1905768036. Possibly misbound? Contains pages 161 to 176 twice and after these pages at beginning it starts at page 17. Covers edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
THE HONOURABLE WARRIOR
Written by Thomas N. Hudson.
Stock no. 1322290
Published by Pentland Books Ltd.
1st
2001.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The career of General William Miller who fought with Wellington, San Martin and Bolivar (1795-1861). Black boards, gilt title to spine. 127 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 185821887X. SIGNED by the author to title-page.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
A HISTORY OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE ONCE CATHARINE HALL CAMBRIDGE
Written by W.H.S. Jones.
Stock no. 2136328
Published by Cambridge University Press.
Circa
1948.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Some fading to spine, especially top and tail. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss; spine heavily browned and edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SCHOOL HISTORY
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE
DATCHET PAST
Written by Janet Kennish.
Stock no. 2136327
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd..
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1860771033.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- BERKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AN EPIC CONFLICT REVISTED
Written by Christer Bergstrom.
Stock no. 1823217
Published by Casemate.
1st
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thrilling account of the Battle of Britain, told from the perspective of both sides. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos, a few colour illustrations & photos. ISBN: 9781612003474. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Corners of boards lightly rubbed, Boards lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- RAF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)