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GLOUCESTER, THE ROMAN FORUM AND POST-ROMAN SEQUENCE AT THE CITY CENTRE
Written by H.R. Hurst.
Stock no. 1829485
Published by Gloucester Archaeological Publications.
1st
2020.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Gloucester Archaeological Reports, Volume 3. Excavations at 11-17 and 22 Southgate Street and 4 Westgate Street. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. vii and 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9780948386022. Covers are very lightly scuffed. Base of spine is bumped and gutter edges of contents are thus lightly creased (minor). Else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ROMAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
KEEPERS OF THE SEA: THE STORY OF THE TRINITY HOUSE YACHTS AND TENDERS
Written by Richard Woodman.
Stock no. 1829483
Published by Chaffcutter Books.
2nd
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Originally published by Terence Dalton Limited in 1983. This is an updated, expanded and re-formatted edition. The history of Lighthouse tenders. T.H.V. Satellite (1924-1961), Profile, Main Deck Plan and Bridge Deck 7 Hold loose fold-out drawings included inside the back cover and are part of this book. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos and a few colour. 240 pages. ISBN: 0953242285. A lovely copy. Loose fold-out drawings are present. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- LIGHTHOUSES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FAVERDALE, DARLINGTON: EXCAVATIONS AT A MAJOR SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER ZONE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Jennifer Proctor.
Stock no. 1829479
Published by Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited.
1st
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
PCA Monograph 15. Large format. Card wraps. B/w diagrams and photos. xviii and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780956305466. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- DURHAM
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ROMAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
ART AND POWER: EUROPE UNDER THE DICTATORS 1930-45
Written by Dawn Ades.
Stock no. 1829477
Published by Hayward Gallery.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book is about the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, running from 1996 - 1996. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 360 pages. ISBN: 1853321486. A lovely copy with some minor staining to lower edge of text block else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
RNLI MOTOR LIFEBOATS
Written by Nicholas Leach.
Stock no. 1829472
Published by Landmark Publishing.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The History and Development of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's motor lifeboats. Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. 160 pages includes index. ISBN: 1843062011. Bump to top of spine at both front and rear edge. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased at top of spine where bumping has occurred.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- LIFEBOATS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE LOST ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES OF WARWICKSHIRE (VOLUME 1 - THE SOUTH)
Written by Peter Bolton.
Stock no. 1829467
Published by Landmark Publishing.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Landmark Collector's Library series. Combing the county's towns, villages and fields, this book aims to record every building of significance in South Warwickshire destroyed or altered in the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gitl title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1901522989. Front corners lightly bumped. Very faint fading to lower edge of front board. Minor mark to vertical margin of half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WARWICKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
"IT CAN NOW BE REVEALED"
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829460
Published by British Railways.
1st
1945.
Very good condition.
More about British Railways in peace and war. White card wraps. Staple-bound booklet. B/w photos. 64 pages. White card covers are grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
JAPANESE SWORD BLADES
Written by Alfred Dobree.
Stock no. 1829459
Published by Arms & Armour Press; George Shumway, Publisher.
1974.
Very good condition.
Second Edition, revised. A useful introduction for a beginner to the understanding and appreciation of the world-famous sword blades of Japan. A profusely illustrated monograph enhanced by appendices providing a genealogical listing of amourers and a bibliography. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 73 pages. ISBN: 0873870344. Reprint. White cardwraps are lightly browned and a little grubby. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. A few pale foxspots present, mainly to prelims.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- JAPAN
- SWORDS
- ARMOUR
- COLLECTING
THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
THE HUNDRED DAYS TO HITLER
Written by Roger Manvell; Heinrich Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1829447
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
What were the precise circumstances that made possible Hitler's seizure of power? A detailed day-to-day account of exactly how Hitler and the Nazi leaders manoeuvred their way to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0460078593. Text block browned with some foxing and a small stain. Grubby marks to page 15 and facing page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- POLITICS
FREDERICK THE GREAT: AN INFORMAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Lawrence P.R. Wilson.
Stock no. 1829444
Published by Oswald Wolff.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The man behind the myth. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 304 pages including index. Top edge of text block has some minor foxing. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY: THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Eric H. Walther.
Stock no. 1829439
Published by University Of North Carolina Press.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
In this biography of William Lowndes Yancey, one of the leading secessionists of the Old South, the author examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 477 pages including index. ISBN: 9780807830277. Top & tail of spine very slightly shelf-worn. Minor stain to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- POLITICS
- BIOGRAPHY