COLOUR: TRAVELS THROUGH THE PAINTBOX
Written by Victoria Finlay.
Stock no. 1826436
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

How humans have attempted to reproduce nature's colours. Vivid colours of the rainbow covers. Colour photos/illustrations. 424 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Simon Goldhill; et al.
Stock no. 1826422
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Beige pictorial cloth, brown title to spine. Colour photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed to plain side.

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CIVILISATION: A PERSONAL VIEW
Written by Kenneth Clark.
Stock no. 1826421
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, tiny nick to top rear open edge.

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EARLY BRITTANY
Written by Nora K. Chadwick.
Stock no. 1826387
Published by University Of Wales Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book examines the principal vicissitudes through which Brittany passed in the earliest period of her recorded history. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine on blue. B/w photos. Spine slightly faded. Text block slightly grubby, minor foxing to top edge. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased, a little browned and grubby.

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A HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Steven Runciman.
Stock no. 1826280
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

Contains: The First Crusade; The Kingdom of Acre; The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Light brown boards with blue and gold decoration. Colour plates. Some minor foxing to text blocks else a clean set. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little browned and marked.

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FREEMASONRY: A CELEBRATION OF THE CRAFT
Written by John Hamill; Robert Gilbert; et al.
Stock no. 1826258
Published by Angus. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What is Freemasonry? What is a Freemason? This book reveals all. Large format. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 256 numbered pages. ISBN: 1904594085. Light rubbing to board corners. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears (no loss) across the top edge and rear corners, some light scuffing to rear panel.

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THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL
Written by Livy; J.C. Yardley; Dexter Hoyos; Alessandro Barbero.
Stock no. 1826241
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Translation by J.C. Yardley; Introduction & notes by Dexter Hoyos; Preface by Alessandro Barbero. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignettes. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some very light shelf scuffing.

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THE GREAT GAME: ON SECRET SERVICE IN HIGH ASIA
Written by Peter Hopkirk.
Stock no. 1826240
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey printed cloth boards. Map of central Asia to endpapers. Colour & b/w plates, b/w maps. Top edge grey. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked.

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CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1325723
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Second printing. Lower corners of book and slipcase bumped. Slight scuffing to slipcase.

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BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH
Written by Giles Milton.
Stock no. 1826092
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

How England's adventurers gambled and won the New World. Pale blue cloth boards with gilt and blue design, blue title to spine. Colour illustrations. Minor rubbing to board corners else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with minor scuffing.

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THE BOOK OF EXPLORATION
Written by Ray Howgego.
Stock no. 1826077
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A chronological tour of the history of exploration by a prolific world traveller and one of the leading experts of our time, from the pioneering excursions of the ancient Egyptians to the first surface-based crossings of the top and bottom of the world. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407222752. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE: THE MEDIEVAL MIND AND THE RENAISSANCE
Written by William Manchester.
Stock no. 1826059
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.. Circa 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Illustrated Edition. Portrait of an Age. One of the greatest stories in the history of man is the collapse of the Dark Ages... Orange cloth boards, brown title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 9781454908944. 3rd printing. A lovely copy, no discernible faults.

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