HISTORY (BRITISH)
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TIVERTON STAGHOUNDS
Written by Richard Lethbridge.
Stock no. 1330986
Published by Richard Leithbridge.
2nd
2001.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the Tiverton Staghounds. Second Edition. Cream cloth boards, brown titles and vignette to front cover. 308 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898546436. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Slightly grubby mark to spine edge of front cover, llight mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and lightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- DOGS
- DOGS - HOUNDS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LONDON: PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1330937
Published by Folio Society.
1st
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. Minimal rubbing to corners. Contents fine. In original publishers slipcase which is slightly dusty at edges.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 1330933
Published by Regional Publications.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
A descriptive catalogue of pre-Victorian Maps of the County From Saxton in 1577 with details of British Atlases published during that period. Large format, card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A valuable reference work. ISBN: 0906570182. Some fading to spine and spine edges. Light foxing to inside covers and textblock. Small crease to lower corner of rear cover.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- MAPS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
DR JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE BOOK THAT DEFINED THE WORLD
Written by Henry Hitchings.
Stock no. 1831038
Published by John Murray (publishers).
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Johnson's attempt to define each and every word. In wonderfully engaging chapters, Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure - his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way and his ultimate triumph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 278 pages including index. ISBN: 0719566312. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustswrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine and top of front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- DICTIONARIES
THE HISTORY OF CORYTON
Written by Thomas Newman.
Stock no. 1831025
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1940.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
History of the tiny Parish of Coryton in North West Devon, from prehistoric times to 1921. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. vii and 216 pages including index. Contains facsimile printout of auction of the Manor of Coryton 1809 to rear. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine and front board corner. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, faded and chipped to spine, a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DEVON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
DEAD CERTAINTIES (UNWARRANTED SPECULATIONS)
Written by Simon Schama.
Stock no. 1330903
Published by Granta Books.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A history of stories. Black boards, silver title to spine. 333 pages. Some b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0140142304. Wrapper is price-cut.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CAMBRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WARS
Written by T.E.B. Howarth.
Stock no. 1330901
Published by Collins.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The achievements of Cambridge University between the wars. Light blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 258 pages including index. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0002111810. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading at spine ends. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- UNIVERSITIES
ENGLISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS VOLUME X 1714-1783
Written by D.B. Horn; Mary Ransome.
Stock no. 1330897
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited.
1957.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 972 pages. Spine is faded and bumped. Front cover is lightly stained/marked, some light scuff marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Browning to endpapers and foxing to textblock.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
Written by C.A. Patrides.
Stock no. 1330885
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st thus
1980.
Very good condition.
The selected discourses of four seventeenth-century philosophers. Paperback edition. 343 pages including index. ISBN: 052129942X. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open. Light foxing and slight grubbiness to textblock. Name and date in ink inside front cover else contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PHILOSOPHY
THE TROUBLE MAKERS - DISSENT OVER FOREIGN POLICY 1792-1939
Written by A.J.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1330877
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1956. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 207 pages including index. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, heavy at top. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby with foxing on verso.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
CHARLES JAMES FOX: A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE
Written by Loren Reid.
Stock no. 1831000
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd..
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful, complex and controversial figures of eighteenth-century England. The book grows out of a professional interest in Fox's talents as a parliamentary speaker. The scope, therefore, is that of a biography, with Fox's attainments as a speaker coming to the foreground at frequent intervals. Light brown cloth boards, dark brown title block with silver title to spine. xiv and 475 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned with some foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to flaps. Musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
THE SECOND TORY PARTY 1714-1832
Written by Keith Grahame Feiling.
Stock no. 1830999
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1938.
Very good condition.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 451 pages including index. Boards are faintly mottled by damps. Text block browned and has minor foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS