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THE POWER OF DOGU: CERAMIC FIGURES FROM ANCIENT JAPAN
Written by Simon Kaner; et al.
Stock no. 1827713
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Mueseum from 10 September to 22 November 2009. Dogu - abstract clay figures with recognizably human or animal features - have a long and fascinating history in Japan. This book illustrates 67 Dogu. Edited by Kaner. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714124643. Light fading horizontally to top of rear cover. Contents fine.

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'PICTURES FROM THE PAST'
Written by Martin Ringer.
Stock no. 1827712
Published by Marrin Publishing. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Solving the major mysteries of the Megalithic tradition in Great Britain and Ireland during the Neolithic and Bronze Age (from about 3500 BC to 1000 BC). Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780957284302. Covers clean. Text block slightly grubby. A few tiny top corner creases to contents. Else a lovely clean copy.

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EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Colin Platt; R. Coleman-Smith.
Stock no. 1827710
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume 1: The Excavation Reports. Volume 2: The Finds. Large volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase. ISBN: 0718511239. Lower front corner of board of volume 1 is bumped. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed at base and knocked to top rear spine edge.

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THE MEGALITHIC ART OF WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1827709
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Megalithic art is found mainly on the structural stone of the tombs of passage grave type in Brittany, Iberia, Ireland and Britain. Most of the art consists of geometric designs. This work is based on extensive field work and provides a catalogue of the art in western Europe.The author has examined sites claimed to have megalithic art and the catalogue comprises a plan and description of each site and a drawing and full description of each decorated stone... Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198131933. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HOARDS, HOUNDS AND HELMETS: A CONQUEST-PERIOD RITUAL SITE AT HALLATON, LEICESTERSHIRE
Written by Vicki Score; et al.
Stock no. 1827707
Published by University of Leicester. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Leicester Archaeology Monograph 21. Survey and excavation between 2001 and 2009 at Hellaton, Leciestershire, revealed a hilltop ritual site with numerous special deposits of metalwork and animal bones, many of them dating to around the time of the Roman invasion in AD 43. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780956017963. Minor grubbiness to text block. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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HALFWAY TO HEAVEN: THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RAILWAYS IN THE WORLD
Written by Terry Martin.
Stock no. 1827705
Published by Railromances. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1879-2000. In a land of extremes, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway captures the imagination of all who take the train that works its way from the cauterising heat of the plains into the shadow of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain on Earth. No proper survey was made prior to the laying of the track, which followed a road originally designed for animals to haul carts to Darjeeling, and nobody was surprised when the train fell off the rails five times on opening day! Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Limited to 2,000 copies. B/w & some colour photos, folding sketches of plans. ISBN: 1900622033. This is copy 1535 of 2000. A lovely copy.

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HISTORIC HASTINGS
Written by J. Manwaring Baines.
Stock no. 1827703
Published by Cinque Port Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Amended and revised edition. Red boards, gilt titles. 438 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948869003. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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A WAY OF LIFE: GLIMPSES OF TODMORDEN PAST
Written by Roger Birch.
Stock no. 1827702
Published by E.J. Morten. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An insight to life in Todmorden as recorded by the early camera. Brown mottled cloth boards, dark brown title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901598585. Spine and horizontal board edges lightly browned. Text block lightly browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to contents and pale foxspots to endpapers. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is browned and lightly edge-worn.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1327302
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times. Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is browned and edge rubbed.

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THE WINCHESTER SINGLE-SHOT: A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1327300
Published by Andrew Mowbray. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth, silver title to spine. 270 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 091721868X. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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NAPOLEON'S MEDALS: VICTORY TO THE ARTS
Written by Richard Todd.
Stock no. 1327299
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Napoleon's artists displayed the stolen art from his Italian campaign on the medals to glorify his conquests, and used classical models to clothe him with heroic attributes. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. Colour photos of coins and medals throughout. ISBN: 9780752449999. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827691
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

TNew Edition. The Emigrant Ships, The Wool Clippers, The Iron Clippers and The New Zealand Trade. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and plans. 384 pages includes index. Boards clean and bright. Text block just slightly browned & grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and has a few closed edge-tears (no loss).

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