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THE BOOK OF KINGSTON
Written by Shaan Butters.
Stock no. 1826035
Published by Baron Birch.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of Kingston in Surrey. ISBN: 0860235629. Light scuffing to boards. Slight grubbiness to text block. Contents clean. Number 346 of a Limited Edition.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- SURREY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
ROBIN HOOD: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
Written by Graham Phillips; Martin Keatman.
Stock no. 1826024
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
For centuries, the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Sherwood outlaws have fired the popular imagination. Fabled archer, defender of the poor, man of the people opposing tyranny and injustice, the fame of Robin Hood is universal. But did he really exist? Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854799967. Light browning to text block and page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROBIN HOOD
- LEGENDS
SECOND CITY: BIRMINGHAM AND THE FORGING OF MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Vinen.
Stock no. 1826022
Published by Allen Lane.
1st
2022.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Th drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the twentieth century: a place of mass production, full employment and prosperity that began in the 1930s, but which came to a cataclysmic halt in the 1980s. Blue paper boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780241454534. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- BIRMINGHAM
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BATHFORD PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Godfrey F. Laurence; David A. Howells.
Stock no. 1826018
Published by The Bathford Society.
1st thus
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Revised and updated by David Howells. This book tells what we know of the history of the parish of Bathford, a community situated in the north-east corner of Somerset. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780951074626. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- SOMERSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE EARLY DAYS OF SIRHOWY AND TREDEGAR
Written by Oliver Jones.
Stock no. 1325574
Published by Tredegar Historical Society.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. Some b/w photos. SIGNED by the author and dated December 1969 to front free-endpaper, another name and date below. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME 2
Written by W.R. Chorley.
Stock no. 1825832
Published by Midland Publishing.
1st
1993.
Nearly fine condition.
Aircraft and Crew Losses 1941. Cardwraps. ISBN: 0904597873. A few scuff marks to black covers, contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIR FORCE
- WORLD WAR II
- GENEALOGY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: THE 1914 CAMPAIGN
Written by Andrew Rawson.
Stock no. 1825690
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This book concentrates on the British Expeditionary Force's defensive actions during the retreat from Mons through to the advance to the River Aisne, then the first days of trench warfare and its move north to Ypres, where is endured three long weeks of German attacks. Includes many b/w maps. ISBN: 9781473823839. Top of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has corresponding crease to top of spine (minor).
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RICHARD I
Written by John Gillingham.
Stock no. 1825689
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Yale English Monarchs series. A new assessment, looking afresh at the achievements and failings of the king and at the verdict of history: a restless, fearless individual with a love of war and a genius for it, or a monarch who neglected his kingdom, his citizens and his succession. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 0300079125. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROYALTY
- BIOGRAPHY
AA COMMAND: BRITAIN'S ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Colin Dobinson.
Stock no. 1825678
Published by Methuen.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences of the Second World War. B/w tables, photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0413765407. A lovely copy with no significant faults.
Price: £105.00 £75.00.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
MEMORIES OF NEWPORT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325345
Published by True North.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1900463598. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SUDBROOK PULP MILL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825640
Published by The Wiggins Teape Group.
1st
1958.
Almost very good condition.
Oblong format. brown patterned boards. B/w photos. Boards browned and rubbed at corners. Contents clean. Includes a letter regarding the opening of the Mill.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- INDUSTRY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PAPER
A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART I OF VOLUME IV)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1825630
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke.
1st
1929.
Almost very good condition.
Very large format. Cloth spine. Paper boards with black titles. Part I of Volume IV. From the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Containing the following parishes and hamlets in the hundred of Caldicot: Chepstow, St. Arvans, Penterry, Mounton, Mathern, St. Pierre, Runstone, Portskewet, Sudbrook, Caldicot, Ifton, Caerwent, The Chace or Forest of Wentwood. Boards rubbed and worn at corners, boards marked, spine grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Scattered foxspots (pale) throughout and a few instances of grubby fingermarks to margins. Newspaper cutting pasted to rear pastedown. Some pencil annotation.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)