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IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
Written by Christopher A. Whatley.
Stock no. 1608908
Published by John Donald.
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
Card wraps. ISBN: 9781910900086. SIGNED by author on title page (without dedication). This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SCOTLAND
FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1608903
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Spine bumped. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT SOVEREIGNS OF MODERN EUROPE
Written by Lord Dover.
Stock no. 2122183
Published by Ward And Co..
3rd
Good condition.
Gilt title to spine. Third edition. Covers are very unevenly browned and marked. Bumping to spine and corners; a little fraying to cloth along edges. Small piece of margin to top of title page missing. Some foxing and page browning throughout.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ROYALTY
A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1608689
Published by Ivor Waters.
1st
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Staples rusted.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WYE VALLEY
- RELIGION
- GENEALOGY
FROM AN ACORN, THE TREE
Written by Harry Lewis.
Stock no. 1608341
c.
1949.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. Bound with cord through spine. 44 pages. B/w photos. A history of the Wandsworth Gas Company. Special supplement to The Wandgas Magazine. Covers a little scuffed and darkened. Cover edges creased. Grubby mark to page 37.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
- GAS
NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons.
1898.
Almost very good condition.
With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.
YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie.
Very good condition.
A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton.
Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton.
Circa
1825.
Almost very good condition.
Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
LUFTWAFFE FLEDGLINGS 1935-1945
Written by Barry Ketley; Mark Rolfe.
Stock no. 1608313
Published by Hikoki Publications.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Luftwaffe Training Units & Their Aircraft. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0951989928.
HOLKHAM
Written by Leo Schmidt; Christian Keller; Polly Feversham.
Stock no. 1812578
Published by Prestel.
1st
2005.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Built between 1734 and 1765, Holkham Hall - Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester's, 25,000 acre estate in Norfolk - is a tribute to time gone by. This book explores the landscape and architectural history of Holkham Hall. Large format. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to front and embossed blind title to front. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 379133414X. Spine of dustwrapper lightly faded else a beautiful copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
- HISTORY
- BUILDINGS
- ARCHITECTURE
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons.
1892.
Very good condition.
Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 12
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1608148
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807652. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)