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NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jacob Harris Patton.
Stock no. 987218
Published by D. Appleton And Company.
1st
1888.
Almost very good condition.
First edition. XV, 523 + 3 pages. Red cloth, gilt titles. Includes: The coastline, coalmining, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, silver and other metals, building stone, health resorts, climate, timber, fruits, ocean resources and much more! Spine faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing, light page browning and light stains at margins. Some writing in crayon to front free-endpaper.
THE NEW VILLAGERS
Written by Elizabeth Radford.
Stock no. 986859
Published by Frank Cass.
1st
1970.
Very good condition.
Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Urban pressure on rural areas in Worcestershire. 76 pages. ISBN: 0714615854. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
BANARAS A STUDY IN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Written by R.L. Singh.
Stock no. 986147
Published by Nand Kishore & Bros.
1st
1955.
Slightly better than good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth. Pages: xv, 184. 8 b/w plates, plus maps and figures. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- GEOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
PARIS AND ITS STORY
Written by Thomas Okey.
Illustrated by Katherine Kimball; O.F.M. Ward.
Stock no. 987602
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
1st
1904.
Very good condition.
Limited to 150 copies. Pages: xxii, 350. Original white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 50 coloured plates by O. F. M. Ward, numerous line drawings by Katherine Kimball. Large format. Copy no. 43. Free endpapers lightly browned. Spine slightly rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- LIMITED EDITION
SAINT-QUENTIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 986984
Published by Societe Academique.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The history of the town of Saint-Quentin. Text in French. 2 white card folders, containing 38 plates, many in colour. Cover edges lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
WALES 100 YEARS AGO: THE BEAUTY OF OLD WALES ILLUSTRATED
Written by Richard Lovett.
Stock no. 662116
Published by Bracken Books.
1st thus
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Centennial Travel Series. Originally published in 1892 by The Religious Tract Society. Written by Welshmen, providing first-hand knowledge of the countryside, towns and monuments here depicted. Edited by Richard Lovett. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0946495521. Wrapper slightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A HISTORY OF TAPESTRY
Written by W.G. Thomson.
Stock no. 988308
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1930.
Very good condition.
Large format. Brown decorative cloth. Pages: xviii, 550 + 132 colour and b/w plates. Entirely revised edition. Endpapers foxed. Rear joint slightly cracked. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Edges rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- CRAFTS
- TAPESTRY
- NEEDLEWORK
QASR IBRIM THE LATE MEDIAEVAL PERIOD
Written by William Y. Adams.
Stock no. 988392
Published by Egypt Exploration Society.
1st
1996.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 308 pages. 59th Excavation Memoir. ISBN: 0856981346. Small nick to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (EGYPTIAN)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
THE BOYHOOD OF A GREAT KING
Written by A.M. Broadley.
Stock no. 987528
Published by Harper & Bros.
1st
1906.
Very good condition.
An Account of the Early Years of the Life of His Majesty Edward VII. Limited edition of 125 copies on hand-made paper. Original red cloth, with gilt decoration and lettering. Top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece, 8 photogravures, numerous half-tone plates. Book: book plate to front endpaper. Spine faded. A handsome copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROYALTY
- BIOGRAPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
GESCHICHTE DES KUNSTVEREINS FUR DIE RHIENLANDE UND WESTFALEN 1829-1929
Written by Kurt Karl Eberlein.
Stock no. 990331
1st
1929.
Slightly better than good condition.
Large format. Paperboards. 70 pages. Text in German. Contents very good. Top and bottom of spine chipped with loss. Boards greyed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
PREHISTORISCHE KULTUREN IN HET ZUIDEN DER LAGE LANDEN
Written by Sigfried J. De Laet.
Stock no. 989385
Published by Universa Wetteren.
1st
1974.
Very good condition.
Large format. Pages 564. B/w photos. Text in German. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Contents fine. In brown library binding with gilt titles.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- PREHISTORIC
PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMMINENT PERSONAGES
No author listed.
Stock no. 988675
Circa
1890.
Very good condition.
Large red cloth folder (32 x 28 cm), with gilt decoration and lettering. 6 pages of montage photographs, each with a key page. The montages are Kings and Queens of England, Eminent Women, Historical Celebrities (2 plates), Military and Naval Celebrities, and British Poets. Very light foxing to endpapers. Reduced from £150.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- ROYALTY
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)