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EISTEDDFOD TRANSACTIONS CARNARVON 1894
Written by E. Vincent Evans.
Stock no. 559434
Published by I. Foulkes.
1896.
Very good condition.
Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Text in Welsh and English (mostly Welsh). Name in ink and light foxing to front endpaper.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WELSH
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- EISTEDDFOD
DYNAMIC EUROPE
Written by C.F. Strong.
Stock no. 655839
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1945.
Very good condition.
Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. A Background of Ferment and Change. B/w maps. Name in ink to front endpaper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE HAZARDS OF LIFE AND ALL THAT
Written by John Bond.
Stock no. 680471
Published by Institute Of Physics.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. A look at some accident and safety curiosities past and present. ISBN: 0750303603. One corner creased.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
BEGGARS IN RED
Written by John Strawson.
Stock no. 620249
Published by Hutchinson.
1st thus
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The British Army 1789-1889. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0091747465. Lower edge of cover has very slight fading. Light page-edge browning. Wrapper lightly discoloured and creased at spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WESTMINSTER CORRIDOR
Written by David Sullivan.
Stock no. 682070
Published by Historical Publications Ltd..
1st
1994.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The historical and geographical setting for the building of a small monastery on the edge of the flooding Thames, which in time became Westminster Abbey. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948667249. SIGNED by author. Dustwrapper faded to spine.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MAP OF MID SIXTEENTH CENTURY LONDON
Written by Stephen Powys Marks.
Stock no. 668301
Published by London Topographical Society.
1st
1964.
Very good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth spine, grey boards. 10 b/w plates. An investigation into the relationship between a copper-engraved map and its derivatives. Covers slightly marked.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- MAP
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FRANCE
Written by John Edward Courtenay Bodley.
Stock no. 668383
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1902.
Fair condition.
Dark green cloth, gilt title. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front board almost detached. Spine worn.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
THE HISTORIE BOOKE
Written by Justin H. Smith.
Stock no. 681030
Published by Ancient And Honorable Artillery Company Of The Masschusetts.
1st
1903.
Very good condition.
A Tale Of Two Worlds and Five Centuries. 1537-1638-1903. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Limited to 2500 copies. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Copy no. 1628. Corners rubbed. A few small stains to covers. Overall a very nice bright copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
FAMOUS SEA-FIGHTERS
Written by Charles Lee Lewis.
Stock no. 656599
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1930.
Almost very good condition.
B/w illustrations. Spine faded.
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- MILITARY
- NAVY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL VOLUME 81
No author listed.
Stock no. 668723
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
Cream card wraps, b/w photos and illustrations.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BASIN OF THE TAY
Written by James Knox.
Stock no. 693734
Published by John Anderson; William Hunter.
1st
1831.
Good condition.
A comprehensive study of the geography and topography of the Tay Basin region in Scotland. The author provides a detailed description of the landscape, including the rivers, lakes, and mountains that make up the region. The book also covers the history of the region, including the settlements and communities that have existed there over the centuries. Brown cloth boards. 3 b/w engravings including frontispiece. xii and 226 pages plus appendix and subscribers list to rear, and a list of works lately published. Contents tight but both joints broken and contents being held in the boards by the lower edge of cloth covering spine. Corners worn. Boards rubbed and marked. A few foxspots to contents. All three plates present with sme staining and browning mainly to margins.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
ROYAL BOROUGH
Written by Rachel Ferguson.
Stock no. 620857
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
A selection of readers letters with the author's comments and replies; Kensington in the 2nd World War; The Coming of Peace; and Kensington today. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pale foxing. Pictorial wrapper edge-torn with loss and almost in two halves.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON