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CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE 1480-1560 (STUDIES IN HISTORY)
Written by Tim Thornton.
Stock no. 1829618
Published by The Boydell Press.
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This book asserts the importance of the semi-autonomous political, administrative and judicial system of the palatinate of Chester, and of other similar jurisdictions, in the early Tudor period. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. xii and 320 pages including index. ISBN: 086193248X. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- CHESHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- POLITICS
ENVER HOXHA: THE IRON FIST OF ALBANIA
Written by Blendi Fevziu; Robert Elsie.
Stock no. 1829609
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd..
1st
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A biography of Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator and tyrannical ruler, from his birth in Gjirokastra in southern Albania, then still under Ottoman rule, to his death in 1985 at the age of 76. Edited and introduced by Robert Elsie. Black paper boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 300 pages including index. ISBN: 9781784534851. A lovely copy, pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- ALBANIA
- POLITICS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
AN INFAMOUS PAST: E.M. CIORAN AND THE RISE OF FASCISM IN ROMANIA
Written by Marta Petreu; Norman Manea.
Stock no. 1829606
Published by Ivan R. Dee.
1st UK
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Biography of E.M. Cioran, the renowned Romanian-French nihilist philosopher and literary figure. Foreword by Norman Manea. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. xiv and 332 pages including index. ISBN: 1566636078. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- POLITICS
- ROMANIA
- HISTORY
SIR EDWARD WATKIN 1819-1901: THE LAST OF THE RAILWAY KINGS
Written by John Neville Greaves.
Stock no. 1829597
Published by The Book Guild Ltd..
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Edward Watkin, a leading entrepreneur of the Victorian age. His main life work was the chairmanship of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, but he had a profound influence on many other railways in Britain, Canada and India. He was also an MP for twenty-four years, and a friend of Gladstone. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 373 pages including index. ISBN: 1857768884. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Top edge of text block is grubby. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut green dustwrapper is faded at flap edges and top front edge, tiny patch of wear to top front corner, lightly scuffed.
RUDOLF II AND HIS WORLD: A STUDY IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY 1576-1612
Written by R.J.W. Evans.
Stock no. 1829450
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st thus
1997.
Very good condition.
Originally published in 1973. An original account of the HAbsburg Emperor Rudolf II. A brooding, half-mad melancholic, conspicuous for his lavish patronage of the arts, obsessed with occult sciences and chronically inept politically - this bizarre image of one of the most significant figures in European history is here exposed to detailed historical scrutiny while his entire cultural, intellectual and political milieu is reconstructed. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xiv and 321 pages including index. ISBN: 0500279861. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. Pencil underlining very neat and difficult to spot.
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
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
THE PRINCES OF INDIA
Written by William Barton.
Stock no. 1829251
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd..
1st
1934.
Very good condition.
With a Chapter on Nepal. The question of whether the Indian States should join the rest of India in a Federation... Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front board. B/w plates. xvi and 327 pages including index. Spine browned and stained. Boards a little grubby. Foxspots to text block, endpapers and prelims. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present. Some browning to contents.
MEN WHO RULED KENYA: THE KENYA ADMINISTRATION 1892-1963
Written by Charles Chevenix Trench.
Stock no. 1829209
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A study of the Kenya Administrative Service from its beginning in 1892 until Kenyan independence. An unusual story in British colonial history in that much of Kenya was long regarded as a 'white man's country' and attracted a mixed bag of settlers, mainly hardworking farmers but a few playboys. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 1850435715. Small date written in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, rubbed at corners, small dampstain to base of spine, publisher's price label to front flap.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- KENYA
- POLITICS
THE FEDERALIST OR THE NEW CONSTITUTION (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay; Carl Van Doren.
Stock no. 1829198
Published by Easton Press.
1st thus
1979.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Carl van Doren. Papers by Hamilton, Madison & Jay. Collector's edition. Bound in genuine leather. Navy blue leather boards with 4 raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Peach coloured moire endpapers and matching ribbon page marker. Colour frontis. All edges gilt. xxii and 600 pages including index. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- POLITICS
- LEATHER BINDING
ANATOMY OF A DICTATORSHIP: INSIDE THE GDR 1949-1989
Written by Mary Fulbrook.
Stock no. 1829188
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The German Democratic Republic. Combining careful archival research with broader theoretical and historical interpretation, a major contribution to debates on recent German history and the character of contemporary Germany. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 307 pages including index. ISBN: 0198203128. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Light blue pen marks to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- POLITICS
WAR, POLITICS AND FINANCE IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH TOWNS
Written by Christian D. Liddy.
Stock no. 1327812
Published by The Royal Historical Society.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Bristol, York and The Crown, 1350-1400. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages including index. ISBN: 0861932749. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of small dents to spine edges of dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- POLITICS