BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945
Written by Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1830641
Published by Chantry Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

A colourful portrait of one of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages. The text has been based on the tape-recorded recollections of Bisley people and illustrated by their photographs. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0951829408. Minor grubby mark to rear cover else clean.

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DARK HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS: FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO THE FALL OF ROME
Written by Michael Kerrigan.
Stock no. 1830638
Published by Amber Books Ltd. 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., revealing the adultery, incest, profligacy, sadism and insanity of Rome's 500-year empire. Pictorial glazed boards. Blue illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations and photos. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908273833. Small corner crease to front flap of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Written by Eileen Power; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; Maxine Berg; M.M. Postan.
Stock no. 1830616
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by M.M. Postan, foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, introduced by Maxine Berg. Cream mottled boards with colour illustration to front and gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xlv and 130 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a tiny white mark to one side.

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NELSON AND EMMA
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1830614
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

Edited by Roger Hudson. A story of love and war. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt title. Ivory boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front and rear. Maps to endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some foxing.

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DAIMLER CENTURY: THE FULL HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S OLDEST CAR MAKER
Written by Lord Montagu; David Burgess-Wise. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1830609
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Celebrating the centenary of the Coventry company in 1996. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers feature Heath Robinson's point of view and finishing touches. B/w & colour photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 1852604948. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Carl W. Blegen; Colin F. Macdonald; Joan Oates; Michael Grant; Jane Taylor.
Stock no. 1830606
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Very good condition.

Five volume set: Troy and the Trojans; Knossos; Babylon; Pompeii & Herculaneum Cities of Vesuvius; and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans. Light brown cloth with printed illustrations in gilt and black. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Second printing. Spines have caught the sun and faded to a brown/green (only noticeable when removed from the slipcase). Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked but not split.

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AN EMBASSY TO CHINA
Written by Lord Macartney; J.L. Cranmer-Byng; Jonathan Spence. Illustrated by William Alexander.
Stock no. 1830604
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being the journal kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794. Introduced by Jonathan Spence. Edited by J.L. Cranmer-Byng. Cloth spine with gilt title. Green paper boards with white dragon and lion repeating pattern. Light blue endpapers are maps. Colour illustrations. xviii and 314 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1830570
Published by Penguin. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Puffin Picture Book no. 37. Colour pictorial paperwraps with white border and red title to front. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 37. Last title of Puffin Picture Books to inside front cover is 39. Famous Ships; 5 Baby Puffin Books also listed. Covers are foxed, browned and worn at corners, small closed tear (no loss) to top front edge. '195' stamped to lower rear edge. A few foxspots and marks to contents. Corners creased.

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WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Simon Goldhill; Richard Barber; Theodore K. Rabb; Jonathan Glancey.
Stock no. 1830568
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Beige pictorial cloth, brown title to spine. Colour photos. 308 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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A TOUR THROUGH THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN
Written by Daniel Defoe; P.N. Furbank; W.R. Owens; A.J. Coulson.
Stock no. 1830557
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by P.N. Furbank, W.R. Owens and A.J. Coulson. Originally published in three volumes between 1724 and 1726. This edition follows the text of the illustrated, abridged edition first published by Yale University Press in 1991, with minor emendations. Large format. Dark green cloth spine with gilt title. Green and gilt map of part of the UK on front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. 524 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at the edges of the pictorial onlay.

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LONDON: PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1830551
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled by Roger Hudson. From Romans through to the Nineties. Brown cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no real faults visible.

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MEDIEVAL PEOPLE
Written by Eileen Power; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.
Stock no. 1830550
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. The text of this edition follows that of the tenth edition. Cream boards with gilt vignettes. Colour illustrations. xxvii and 253 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.

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