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INJURED PRIDE: THE LIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Carwyn James; Chris Rea; Rupert Cherry.
Stock no. 1330763
Published by Arthur Barker Limited.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of one of the most remarkable events in the history of Rugby Football - the 1980 tour of the British Lions to South Africa. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 206 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0213167824. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SPORT
- RUGBY
PEPYS: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Richard Ollard.
Stock no. 1330762
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited.
Circa
1974.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Book Club Edition. Red cloth spine with gilt title, darker red boards. Endpapers are maps showing the principal battles of the second and third Dutch wars. 368 pages. B/w plates. Spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed and grubby to top edge. Dustwrapper is worn and torn and is badly sunned to spine and edge of rear panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES EDWARD STUART
Written by David Daiches.
Stock no. 1330761
Published by The History Book Club.
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Life and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Spine bumped. Covers ever so slightly dusty. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is grubby and lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, lightly edge creased, lightly faded to spine and lightly browned to top edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SCOTLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
ISAIAH BERLIN
Written by John Gray.
Stock no. 1330760
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. ISBN: 0002555824. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby mark to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and a tiny bit scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THERE WAS ALSO SOME RUGBY: THE SIXTH SPRINGBOKS IN BRITAIN
Written by Wallace Reyburn.
Stock no. 1330759
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd..
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The springboks controversial rugby tour of the UK 1969-1970 - everywhere the South Africans went anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to halt their matches. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 182 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0091041708. Minimal bumping to spine. Covers are foxed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and lightly creased. Rear panel is a bit grubby.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SPORT
- RUGBY
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
Written by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1330758
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 349 pages. B/w photos. Biography of the politician. Slight damp spotting to covers. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and lightly edge worn.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1830914
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced by Jonathan D. Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, a few minor marks and tiny patch of surface paper loss to top edge.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- CHINA
THE ROARING LIONS
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330754
Published by Pelham Books.
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The 1971 British Isles Rugby Union tour of Australia and New Zealand. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 179 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720705452. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is worn and slightly torn to edges and very slightly browned to spine and spine edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SPORT
- RUGBY
RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
ON TREK AGAIN
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330746
Published by Pelham Books.
1st
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The British Rugby Lions in South Africa 1968. ISBN: 0720702364. Minimal bumping to spine. Name in ink to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Endpapers lightly and partly browned. Small brown mark to edge of prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, small printed price on inside wrapper flap has been blotted out.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SPORT
- RUGBY
- SOUTH AFRICA
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides.
Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.