HISTORY GENERAL
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CHILDREN'S FASHIONS IN THE NINETEETH CENTURY
Written by James Laver.
Stock no. 2126735
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Batsford Colour Books. With an Introduction and Notes on the Plates by Laver. Colour illustrations. Some browning and foxing to pages. Wrapper is browned to spine with some edge-creasing and wear; a little chipping.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- FASHION
THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley.
Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.
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- ART
- FURNITURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WOODWORK
DUNGEON, FIRE AND SWORD
Written by John J. Robinson.
Stock no. 2126203
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited.
1st thus
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Knights Templar in the Crusades. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854799568. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
- CRUSADES
CORUNNA
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 2126011
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The history of the Battle of Corunna, part of the Peninsular War in 1809. Spotting to spine and cover edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with some foxing and browning. A few tiny nicks at corners.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PENINSULAR WAR
- MILITARY
VISIONS OF THE WORLD A HISTORY OF MAPS
Written by Jeremy Black.
Stock no. 2125898
Published by Mitchell Beazley.
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1840008342. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges; a little edge-creasing.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAPS
- CARTOGRAPHY
THROWING FIRE PROJECTILE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HISTORY
Written by Alfred W. Crosby.
Stock no. 2125837
Published by Cambridge University Press; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Historian Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. ISBN: 0521791588. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BARBARIAN WARRIORS SAXONS, VIKINGS, NORMANS
Written by Dan Shadrake; Susanna Shadrake.
Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 2125466
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms series. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532139. Wrapper is edge-creased.
ROMAN ARMY WARS OF THE EMPIRE
Written by Graham Sumner.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1816015
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532120. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ROMAN
- UNIFORMS
- ARMY
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- MILITARY
A TREATISE ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY, WITH A DESCRIPTION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE INSTRUMENTS USED IN PERFORMING THEM
Written by Samuel Sharp.
Stock no. 2125059
2nd
1739.
Good condition.
Second edition. ..Used in performing them; to which is prefixed an introduction on the nature and treatment of wounds, abscesse's and ulcers. The author was a Surgeon of Guy's Hospital. Modern binding; brown cloth with leather spine. Modern binding is in excellent condition; new endpapers. Original pages; inscription in ink to title page. Some grubby marks to pages. What looks like a few small book worm holes to margins of a few pages to rear. Some heavy damp marking going down some pages, also mostly to rear of book. It's a lovely tight binding - contents are still in good reading condition!
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MEDICAL
1922 LITERATURE, CULTURE, POLITICS
Written by Jean-Michel Rabate.
Stock no. 2124823
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book examines key aspects of culture and history in 1922, a year made famous by the publication of several modernist masterpieces, such as T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and James Joyce's Ulysses. ISBN: 9781107040540. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears to top edge of front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- LITERATURE
- POLITICS
- ART
WHEN MOTORING WAS FUN EARLY DAYS ON THE OPEN ROAD
Written by Tom Tyler.
Stock no. 1815735
Published by Halsgrove.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 'Transports of delight' Reminiscences by Tyler. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781841147659.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
MILLERGATE
Written by Wilbur Wright.
Stock no. 1610197
Published by Wrightway Publishing Limited.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The real Glenn Miller story. More than 60 illustrations, appendices and maps. ISBN: 0951254707. The audio tape mentioned on wrapper is NOT present.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY